Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

  • Director: Roman Polanski
  • Writer: Ariel Dorfman,Rafael Yglesias
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, France
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 27, 1995
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Death & the Maiden
  • "Death and the Maiden" is a thriller drama directed by Rajmund Roman Liebling and starring Sigourney Weaver , Ben Kingsley , and Stuart Wilson   . It premiered in the United States on December 23, 1994 .
    The film tells the story of Paulina Escobar, who has endured many years of mental torture from the period of the military government to the democratic period in Chile   .

    Details

    • Release date January 27, 1995
    • Filming locations Meirás, Ferrol, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
    • Production companies Fine Line Features, Capitol Films, Channel Four Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $12,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $3,103,716

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $74,366

    Gross worldwide

    $3,103,716

    Movie reviews

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    • By Nola 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      Death and the Maiden

      A film about hurt, guilt and revenge.

      A few impressive points.

      One is how to get justice. The heroine was raped and sexually abused many years ago. This traumatic memory made her very nervous and vigilant. When she accidentally recognized that the neighbor was actually the perpetrator, she carried out methods such as beating, tying, and intimidation, in an attempt to restore the scene and reverse the situation. character, carry out a missing trial and execution. A woman cannot...

    • By Kiana 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      Man can rape women but women can't do it

      The whole film covers a lot of viewpoints and information, and I want to analyze it here.

      "At first I wanted to rape him, so that he could feel the pain of being raped, but I'm a woman so I can't do that, so I want you to rape him, but considering that you might not want to, it takes time to get excited What, so I want to stab him with a broom handle..." This is what the heroine said to the criminal. It can be seen that the body structure of men and women is different,...

    • By Donato 2022-03-25 09:01:16

      Immoral Judgment, Unsought Justice

      A good play caused by a coincidence, the role transformation of the three people is very intriguing. The wife is both the victim (plaintiff) and the judge (judge), the doctor becomes the suspect (the defendant), and the husband is the contradiction between the close relative of the plaintiff and the defense attorney of the defendant.

      Such a setting will undoubtedly collide with different sparks. This is also the original intention of my watching this movie. When procedural justice...

    • By Marques 2022-03-23 09:02:51

      Relieve

      In fact, when Paulina tied the doctor, Miranda woke up from her sleep and said the first sentence "why?", which can be speculated to the ending of the final judgment. Being woken up in a dream, and if you haven't seen Paulina, the subconscious reaction to being tied up by a stranger is always to ask "who are you?".
            In the end, the doctor chose to tell the truth about the game between the doctor's life and death. Maybe he wanted to let go, but he also let Paulina let go. The scene in...

    • By Paxton 2022-03-23 09:02:51

      have to like

      As a final assignment, if Grandpa Rong didn't watch this drama, I wouldn't watch it either. . . how depressed! Repression, like schizophrenia, exists in personal fantasies. I don't like this kind of movie.
      But I have to say that the three of them acted really well. It takes technology to make a movie in one night. I remember watching a certain movie before, and it was a very short time to make a movie, and it seems that I have seen a certain work and also described a very short time very...

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    • By Imelda 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      4.5 Polanski is sincere a good dramatist in the film industry. A particularly simple story can produce so much greatness. The ending that feels very incomprehensible can always give a satisfactory explanation in the end, and the "Death and the Girl" throughout this film is especially praised. In the last 20 minutes of the climax, the last three people looked at each other, their eyes and expressions were all too good. The front is a little boring, and the last one is greatly...

    • By Sharon 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      At the end, the position of the three people in the concert hall and the mutual look at each other are ambiguous. When looking back, the truth begins to waver, and the political state recedes behind the scenes. The way of telling the story by letting the actors face the close-up directly is very powerful and imaginative, and it is more immersive than the actual shooting. Of course, the actors must withstand the close-up for a long time and place them properly. Polanski really...

    • By Enid 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      The story is a typical "three in one" mode, which takes place in a closed space on a desert island. There are only three characters in the whole film: a wife, a husband, and a suspect doctor. The wife represents the person who pursues a just result, but there are deficiencies in the trial procedure, because there are only the plaintiff, the defendant, and physical evidence at the scene. The whole narrative makes the audience follow her scrutiny, but in fact, this is one-sided. But in the end,...

    • By Margarita 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Similar to Lao Ku's "The Shining". There is Zhang Youchi's classic work, a movie propped up purely by the acting skills of the actors. This is the movie! ! . I have to say that Sigourney played a nervous victim vividly. Schubert's classical music adds some spooky touches to the film's tension. The heinous crime is not described throughout, but it keeps us immersed in it all the time. The hardest thing is not death, but...

    • By Dolly 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      His movies are always so weird and sexy. How we face ourselves. everyone's...

    Movie plot

    In a beach house in a South American country, Paulina Escobar was preparing for dinner when a storm was approaching. Paulina heard from the radio that her husband, Gerardo, had been appointed as the chairperson of a newly established committee whose mission was to investigate human rights violations committed by the former fascist dictatorship. At this time, there was a sudden power failure, Paulina lit the candles, dumped her...
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    "Death and the Maiden" is the darkest and most depressing film by director Rajmund Roman Liebling. The original work is an ambiguous and elusive psychodrama with serious political and moral debates as its central theme. The director adapted this moral and political drama into a melodrama with complex twists and turns and climaxes. In order to create a tense theatrical effect, the director compressed the time of the original stage play...
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    Movie quotes

    • Dr. Roberto Miranda: It must be some kids out for a joyride.

      Gerardo Escobar: No, this time I really do have something to apologize for. My wife took your car.

      Dr. Roberto Miranda: She went out for a tire?

    • Paulina Escobar: It's a miracle. He's delivered himself. Like a fantastic surprise Christmas present, left at the door.

    • Gerardo Escobar: As long as you're holding the gun, we have nothing to discuss.

      Paulina Escobar: On the contrary, the minute I give up the gun all discussion will end.