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Dear Child is a six-part German mini-series from 2023, based on the novel of the same name by Romy Hausmann. The script and direction were shared by Isabel Kleefeld and Julian Pörksen in different constellations.

Plot
The series is about a woman and two children who were in the hands of a kidnapper for a long time. The kidnapped woman is also connected to a missing person case that has been unresolved for 13 years. After a successful escape, the kidnapper tries to seize again the three people, whom he has also made psychologically dependent on himself.

Background
The series is based on the novel of the same name by Romy Hausmann, who was also involved in the series itself. Hausmann was inspired, among other things, by the story of the kidnapping of Natascha Kampusch. The two-time Oscar winner Gustavo Santaolalla and Juan Luqui were responsible for the music.

Release
All six episodes were published on Netflix on 7 September 2023.

Reception
The series generally received positive reviews. Oliver Gaebel notes on Spiegel Online that the "dark, exciting series (...) finds the courage to ask uncomfortable questions" and attests that the series is a "crime chamber game of the extra class." Julian Weinberger emphasizes in particular the intensive first episode as well as the acting performance of Justus von Dohnányi at Prisma and notes that "every lot of false tracks and proclaimed clues to the perpetrator" create tension. At the same time, he criticizes that the series is "increasingly developing away from the sensitively told family drama to the quite conventional crime series", which clouded the overall good overall impression.