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Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Paulina Escobar (Weaver) is a housewife married to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country. One day a storm forces her husband Gerardo (Wilson) to ride home with a charming stranger. She is convinced that the stranger, Dr. Miranda (Kingsley), was part of the old fascist regime and that he tortured and raped her for weeks while she was blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the truth. Despite attempts by both her husband and Miranda to convince her that he is innocent, Paulina is certain that he is the one, and forces her husband to be Miranda's 'attorney' in the 'trial' she arranges for him. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: British Independent Film Awards, Fantasporto Awards, ...Death And The Maiden (1994) ( Death & The Maiden (1994) )
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This is a brilliant adaptation of Ariel Dorfmans play of the same title. It's an exceptionally well acted, thought provoking film. I first saw it at a showing to raise money for Amnesty International - and it was a very fitting film for that purpose. It isn't a confortable subject matter - but I recommend this film to anyone, and particularly those with an interest in Human Rights causes.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Before going further, let it be said that this is not a movie you will want to watch on a date Friday evening. This is very tough stuff and can be a little depressing. There are only three people playing in this movie (this is an adaptation of a piece of theatre): the woman (Sigourney Weaver), her husband (Stuart Wilson) and the guest (Ben Kingsley). It happens in a non precised country in Latin America after the revolution, and the husband was just asked by the newly elected democratic president to chair a commission investigating the crimes of the fallen military regime.
The woman is a former victim of the junta - we know she was imprisoned for years and tortured at many occasions. And then arrives the guest... and his voice seems familiar to the woman. She believes that he is the man who tortured her years ago and decides to make him pay. What happens next? Well, you will have to watch the movie, because all of this was just the beginning...
All the cast is great but Sigourney Weaver is simply incredible. This is one of her most powerful performances ever - if you are a fan, you simply MUST see this movie.
This is a very difficult film. If you search to have some fun and spend a nice evening, it should not be your first choice. But if you need something harder, more difficult, more ambitious, different from the mainstream works, well, here it is. The movie has also a very clear "Polanski touch", which I personally always loved - and that means it is very smart, very surprising, but somehow just a little bit creepy... Be warned, this is powerful stuff, but really, really worth your time.
The woman is a former victim of the junta - we know she was imprisoned for years and tortured at many occasions. And then arrives the guest... and his voice seems familiar to the woman. She believes that he is the man who tortured her years ago and decides to make him pay. What happens next? Well, you will have to watch the movie, because all of this was just the beginning...
All the cast is great but Sigourney Weaver is simply incredible. This is one of her most powerful performances ever - if you are a fan, you simply MUST see this movie.
This is a very difficult film. If you search to have some fun and spend a nice evening, it should not be your first choice. But if you need something harder, more difficult, more ambitious, different from the mainstream works, well, here it is. The movie has also a very clear "Polanski touch", which I personally always loved - and that means it is very smart, very surprising, but somehow just a little bit creepy... Be warned, this is powerful stuff, but really, really worth your time.
Format:DVD
An absorbing film, intense, with little action, it being set mainly in one room in a house by the sea on a stormy night.The acting is first class and the story revolves around a casual visitor to the home whom the homeowner's wife believes to be someone who tortured her during the country's previous dictatorial regime. She ties him up and attempts to 'persuade' him to confess. Even at the end it is not clear whether the visitor in fact was the torturer.
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good if you are English/American
the delivery was on time, the price good (even more if you consider that this was the only place where I could find this movie). If you are a English speaker no problem. Read more
Published 10 months ago by George
Incredible
Roman Polanski has a knack for great film making: "Knife in the Water," "Bitter Moon," and "Repulsion" are just some, thought they share a common thread--that of human corruption... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2008 by Randy F.
Intense, distrubing, depressing
I would not recommend this for most people. It is painful to watch and artificial, very stagy (not surprising since it was adapted from a stage play written by Ariel Dorfman), and... Read more
Published on 24 May 2004 by Dennis Littrell
Watch this film
This is one amazing film. Roman Polanski can get pretty over indulgant at times, but three actors keeps him on a fine leash and he shows the mastery he is capable of. Read more
Published on 16 April 2000
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