Death and the Maiden (1994)
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Death and the Maiden (1994)
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Released Year: 1994
Runtime: 103 minutes
Directors: Roman Polański
Casts: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Karen Strassman, Krystia Mova, Jonathan Vega, Rodolphe Vega, Gilberto Cortés, Jorge Cruz, Carlos Moreno, Eduardo Valenzuela, Sergio Ortega Alvarado
Storyline
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
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Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly -
Death and the Maiden doesn't always escape its contraption origins, but it ends with one of the most honest-and poetic- reckonings of human evil in modern movies. It's Polanski braying at his own bitter moon.
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Austin Chronicle -
Death and the Maiden is a streamlined razor-ride of a movie: taut, riveting, and a psychological horror show that will leave nail-marks in your palms for days afterwards.
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Empire -
Even by their high standards, the performances of Weaver and Kingsley here are impressive, and Polanski ratchetts up the tension nicely. A chilling and thought-provoking piece.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
Death and the Maiden is all about acting. In other hands, even given the same director, this might have been a dreary slog.
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Rolling Stone -
Polanski, working from a fluid script by Dorfman and Rafael Yglesias ("Fearless"), gives the story its due. He creates an atmosphere of claustrophobic tension to rival his "Knife in the Water" and "Repulsion".
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