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Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Vega, Krystia Mova, 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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During 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)
An 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)
this one was really well done. weaver and kingsley work well together. highly recommended.
A 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.
To 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.
Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).
First viewing: 20.01.2003
