Death and the Maiden
Roman Polanski's intense film of Ariel Dorfman's play stars Sigourney Weaver as a South American woman who believes that her lawyer husband's associate is the man who tortured and raped her years earlier. Against her husband's wishes, Weaver takes justice into her own hands, holding the man captive in order to force him to confess. Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson also star.
Year: 1995
Genre: Art House Cinema, Alice's Playhouse
Country: UK, France
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson
Duration: 99 Minutes
Rating: R18 - Contains violence.
7.3/10
Location in store: Alice's Playhouse
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