During the trials, Ms. Knox became a highly divisive figure, depicted as a cunning she-devil in Italy and a victim of a ham-handed Italian justice system in the U.S. Critics charged that the case was based mostly on circumstantial evidence.
In the older film, the 12-year-old Regan starts acting up because, well, she's possessed by the devil, but also because her parents have just divorced and she now lives with her single mom, a working actress, and you know how that goes.