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Death and the Maiden
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| | | Prepare yourself for the moment of truth.
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From director Roman Polanski (Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, Frantic, Bitter Moon) comes a shocking tale of redemption and revenge. Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson star in this critically acclaimed psychological thriller about a woman's desperate search for justice--at any price. Fifteen years ago, Paulina Escobar had her life shattered when she was taken prisoner and tortured by a sadistic doctor. Now, through a chance encounter, she may have found the man responsible for her nightmares and tonight he's going to pay. But how far will she go to get even? And how can she be sure, after so many years, that she has found the right man?
"Two thumbs up!" Siskel & Ebert
"Electrifying" Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Plenty of thrills" Scott Rosenberg, San Francisco Examiner
"Unbelievably powerful!" Jeffrey Lyons, Sneak Previews
Editor's Note
Roman Polanski's suspenseful drama is based on a play by Ariel Dorfman, who also cowrote the screenplay. The movie takes place in an unspecified South American country after the recent fall of the dictatorship. Paulina Escobar (Sigourney Weaver) is a former political activist and torture victim. Her husband, Gerardo (Stuart Wilson), a respected lawyer, has just been appointed to head a commission on human rights violations under the old regime, though Paulina, suffering from severe psychological trauma ever since her arrest, objects to what she perceives as a sham investigation. The couple receives an unexpected visitor one stormy night when an affable stranger, Dr. Miranda (Ben Kingsley), drops Gerardo off at the Escobars' isolated house after his car breaks down. Paulina believes she recognizes the man's voice as belonging to the doctor who supervised her torture and raped her on several occasions while she was blindfolded and strapped to a table. In spite of her husband's objections, she decides to take Miranda prisoner, threatening him with a gun, determined to get a taped confession from him at any cost. Under Polanski's keen direction, Dorfman's three-character play is successfully transformed into a captivating film that loses neither dramatic tension nor momentum along the way.
Plot Summary
When a woman's husband brings home a man whose car has broken down, she slowly realizes that the stranger might be a man who had terrorized her in the past.
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 6/3/2003 |
| Running Time: 102 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 6351 | | UPC: 00794043635120 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Ben Kingsley | | Jonathan Vega | | Krystia Mova | | Rodolphe Vega | | Sigourney Weaver | | Stuart Wilson | | Ariel Dorfmas - Based on Play By | | Roman Polanski - Director | | Tonio Delli Colli - Director of Photography | | Woiciech Kilar - Musical Score | | Thom Mount - Producer | | Josh Kramer - Producer | | Ariel Dorfman - Writer | | Rafael Yglesias - Writer |
| Awards |
Independent Spirit (1995) | | | Roman Polanski, Nominee, Best Director |
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