Death and the Maiden
1994 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
Paulina Escobar is the housewife to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed third World country. One day a storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the neighbor (Dr. Miranda) was part of the old fascist regime that tortured and raped her, while blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the 'truth'. Paulina is torn between her psychological repressions and somber memory, Gerardo is torn between his wife and the law, and Dr. Miranda is forced to endure captivity while husband and wife seek out the uncertain truth about the clouded past.
Direction Roman Polanski
Cast Sigourney Weaver · Ben Kingsley · Stuart Wilson · Karen Strassman · Carlos Moreno · Krystia Mova
Soundtrack Wojciech Kilar
Screenplay Ariel Dorfman · Rafael Iglesias
Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli
Original title Death and the Maiden
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