: In exile, Leo discovers more dead children under similar gruesome circumstances. Realizing that a serial killer is operating along the railroad lines, he joins forces with a local general, Mikhail Nesterov (Gary Oldman), to conduct a secret investigation into the "impossible" crimes.
: While tracking the killer, Leo and Raisa are hunted by Leo’s psychopathic rival, Vasili (Joel Kinnaman), who is determined to stop them and protect the state's false image of perfection. Child 44(2015)
: Leo’s refusal to ignore the evidence of murder leads his superiors to question his loyalty. He is soon tasked with investigating his own wife, Raisa (Noomi Rapace), who is suspected of being a dissident. When Leo refuses to denounce her, they are both stripped of their status and exiled to the remote mining town of Volsk. : In exile, Leo discovers more dead children