 USA, FRANCE, UK, 1994 103´
Three fine actors and a top director give a very good account of Ariel Dorfman`s play. In this vivid and suspenseful film version, Polanski has made a claustrophobic tale of a torture victim turning the tables on her putative tormentor. Is he her former torturer or not? Cast is excellent. Always good at projecting resilience, Weaver is a bundle of raw nerve endings here, and her hair-trigger impulsiveness helps keep one on edge. Kingsley shrewdly tantalizes the viewer about his identity, and gets to deliver the text`s most riveting monologue at the end.
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