Immoral Judgment, Unsought Justice

Donato 2022-03-25 09:01:16

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 cannot be guaranteed, can substantive justice be achieved? In other words, in order to pursue substantive justice, can procedural justice be abandoned? Wife's trial, who identified the doctor's murderer with just the doctor's voice and a tape, is a no-brainer for the modern judicial process. Why did she do it, just because the doctor hurt her?

The doctor was, in a way, an embodiment of the power of the state apparatus of that era: hypocritical, vicious, and inhumane. Wives tortured by doctors are like innocent people overpowered by power. In the eyes of his wife, the doctor, like the secret police, is the cancer of that era. The wife's hatred of the doctor is also the hatred of that era. This is why the wife is furious about her husband's appointment. What she wants is the doctor's confession and the confession of that era, and modern justice has no way to give her such an account (the beginning of the film can be drawn from the conversation between the wife and her husband) , she can only find the justice in her heart. But is this the only way? Could this be the reason for this trial? If the doctor is innocent, who will be responsible for him? There is a deep sense of sadness and powerlessness after watching the movie. Immoral judgment, unrequited justice.

ps: The script and actors are very good, the best movie I have seen recently (I have seen the director's killing before, or the heart water)

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Extended Reading
  • Arturo 2022-01-11 08:03:04

    Most of the time of the movie is spent in the interior of a large house in the wild in the rainy night, which gives Polanski an ideal stage where he is best at creating drama conflicts. Therefore, this revenge that violates the framework of democracy and the legal system is the space for all actors to perform their stunts. When the camera was pulled outside, the desperate place where the waves were wrapped in heavy rain and washed the cliffs violently is the Costa da Morte in the province of A Coruña.

  • Ruthe 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    A typical masterpiece of Polanski-style confined spaces, the ending of the doctor's confession is evocative. The jaw-dropping sin turned out to be nothing but a playful exploration of the urchin's mentality, as long as the environment endowed it with a lack of conditioning. 【8】

Death and the Maiden quotes

  • Dr. Roberto Miranda: How can I confess to something I haven't done?

  • Gerardo Escobar: In a democracy, the midnight knock on the door can be friendly.