Crime and Punishment

When a desperate and disillusioned PhD student commits premeditated murder in the name of a theory, he finds that his soul can only be saved through the love of a religious prostitute. But will he confess in time or will the cunning police investigator ruin his chance at salvation? Based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterpiece novel, this Australian feature-film adaptation has a dozen awards both locally and internationally including premiering at the prestigious White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg (Russia) the home of White Nights festivals and Dostoevsky’s hometown.