Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver, Stuart Wilson
On a stormy night, at a secluded beach house, somewhere in Latin America, a chance encounter with Dr. Roberto Miranda leads to an intense confrontation with Paulina Escobar who was subjected to system...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 3, 2003
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February 4, 2009During a dictatorship in an unnamed latin american country, Paulina (Sigourney Weaver) was a dissident activist who was tortured in horrible ways and kept alive in order to confess the names of her comrades. Many years later, her husband arrives with a new friend, and she seems t...( read more)
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November 7, 2007An excellent drama. Sigourney Weaver plays a disturbed, paranoid ex-political prisoner in an unnamed South American country, married to a lawyer (Stuart Wilson) heading an investigation into allegations of torture under the old regime. She believes she recognises a chance visitor...( read more)
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September 5, 2007this one was really well done. weaver and kingsley work well together. highly recommended.
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August 15, 2007A raw and rough character-driven piece. Sigourney Weaver is wonderfully powerful as the woman turning the tables by taking hostage the man who raped and tortured her (Ben Kingsley). It doesn't get too nasty. The situation is very interesting.
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September 9, 2009To this day I still don't know if everything that happens is in Sigourney Weaver's mind...and that's what makes Roman Polanski still one of the best directors around.
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November 12, 2008Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).
First viewing: 20.01.2003
Critic Reviews
May 31, 2003
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
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