Death and the Maiden

1994

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

31
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 81% · 50 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 81% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 28712 28.7K

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Plot summary

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

Director

Roman Polanski Photo
Roman Polanski

Top cast

Ben Kingsley Photo
Ben Kingsley as Dr. Roberto Miranda
Sigourney Weaver Photo
Sigourney Weaver as Paulina Escobar
Carlos Moreno Photo
Carlos Moreno as String Quartet Player
Karen Strassman Photo
Karen Strassman as Elena Galvin
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918.47 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 6
1.62 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 33

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JuguAbraham 8 / 10

Best work of Polanski after Chinatown and Tess

It is easy to heap praises on a film based on a good play--the subject overwhelms you. It is however not so easy to probe what is attractive in a good film beyond the two obvious elements--the subject and the acting.I confess that I have loved Polanski's "The Ninth Gate" for the teaming of Polanski and Wojciech Kilar. This is the second film where the duo weaves magic with great music--beyond the Schubert piece around which the film revolves. The two gentlemen from Poland are truly gifted.There is another person I admire and that is Rafael Yglesias. When he works on a screenplay, he makes the original look very different. He did that with Hugo's "Les Miserables" and got brickbats from purists. With Ariel Dorfman's literary work, the liberties are not so striking.The cinematography of Tonino Delli Colli, Polanski's collaborator in "Bitter Moon" is again riveting: cloudy exteriors; stark interiors. The close-ups and long shots of Weaver are those of a lawyer, making the viewer a party to the "court case in progress"Finally, this is Sigourney Weaver's finest film and can at best be only compared to her performances in "Gorillas in the Mist" and "Year of Living Dangerously." Polanski is a director who has made good and indifferent films. I congratulate him on putting together his team of actors, cameramen, musicians and others to make this one. Only "Chinatown" and "Tess" were more enjoyable than this work of Polanski (including his early cinema).
Reviewed by marcosaguado 7 / 10

Unbreathable

Three characters, one suffocating place. The bizarre world of Roman Polanski transported to a true, painful and little known historical context. The film is an X ray into secret, open wounds. We're never sure what happens in Sigourney's mind, but we're aware that her pain and her anger are real. We are unable to take sides, we're too afraid. We want for the ordeal to end and yet, we're glued to the discomfort and uncertainty. Recommended for masochists and film lovers.
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