Sugar-coated by the warm glow of 70s small-town America, all candy colours and toothy grins, a new drama tells a grim true story that could not be any darker nor more twisted. And that contrast is exactly the point.
For this story of paedophilia, kidnap and grooming could never have happened if those involved had not been given a false sense of security by their perfect cookie-cutter lives.
A Friend of the Family, available to watch now, stars Colin Hanks, Jake Lacy and Anna Paquin, and is about Jan Broberg, now a 60-year-old actress and campaigner.
