Death and the Maiden
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A woman becomes convinced that a stranger visiting her home is the doctor who once tortured her under a dictatorship, and she takes him captive to extract the truth.
Why watch: Polanski directs a three-hander adapted from Dorfman's play about political torture.
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Cast
Sigourney Weaver as Paulina Escobar
Ben Kingsley as Dr. Roberto Miranda
Stuart Wilson as Gerardo Escobar
Krystia Mova as Dr. Miranda's Wife
Jonathan Vega as Dr. Miranda's Son
Rodolphe Vega as Dr. Miranda's Son
Gilberto Cortés as String Quartet Player
Jorge Cruz as String Quartet Player
Carlos Moreno as String Quartet Player
Eduardo Valenzuela as String Quartet Player
Sergio Ortega Alvarado as String Quartet Manager
Karen Strassman as Elena Galvin (uncredited)
Crew
Roman Polanski — Director
Ariel Dorfman — Screenplay
Rafael Yglesias — Screenplay
Josh Kramer — Producer
Sharon Harel-Cohen — Executive Producer
Jane Barclay — Executive Producer
Thom Mount — Producer
Sergio Gobbi — Co-Producer
Ariel Dorfman — Co-Producer
Jean-François Lepetit — Co-Producer
Bonnie Timmermann — Co-Producer
Patsy Pollock — Casting
Mary Selway — Casting
Tonino Delli Colli — Director of Photography
Hervé de Luze — Editor
Pierre Guffroy — Production Design
Claude Moesching — Art Direction
Milena Canonero — Costume Design
Wojciech Kilar — Original Music Composer
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