![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a "Certified Fresh" approval rating of 82% based on reviews from 51 critics. A recording of this quartet was played during Paulina's rape. Producer Bonnie Timmermann, who had worked with Polanski on three other films, was pleased to say that he was ahead of schedule and praised Polanski's work calling it "his best movie since Tess." Music Ī central motif is Schubert's string quartet in D minor, which is known as the "Death and the Maiden" Quartet. Roman Polanski said he greatly enjoyed making the film. Miranda glances down at the couple again as the camera shows Gerardo glancing up towards the balcony at the now off-screen Miranda. Paulina and Miranda cast uncomfortable glances at each other, and Miranda looks away. In the final scene, Paulina and Gerardo are at the same concert where the film began with Miranda also present, looking down with his wife and sons. The camera simulates someone falling off the cliff from his own point of view. Paulina apparently accepts the confession, and they both leave Miranda on the cliff as he stares down at the water. Miranda finally tells them that he really was the doctor, that he enjoyed brutalizing Paulina, and that he was sorry that the old regime fell.Įnraged, Gerardo attempts to throw Miranda from the cliff, only to realize he cannot bring himself to take a life. However, Paulina refuses to believe it, stating that doctors at that time created alibis to conceal their identities. He races to inform Paulina, now convinced that Miranda is innocent. Gerardo contacts the school, where Miranda's colleague seems to confirm the story. She leads him blindfolded out of the door to the edge of the cliff. In a last-ditch effort to save his life, Miranda implores Gerardo to call the Spanish medical school where he claims to have been at the time of Paulina's rape. However, as he advances toward the door, the power in the house turns on, and Paulina hits him, regaining control. As Gerardo tries to stop her, Miranda gets hold of Paulina's gun and threatens to kill her if he is not freed. They write up a false confession and present it to Paulina, but she becomes enraged and deems Miranda unrepentant, threatening to kill him. Miranda conspires with Gerardo to agree to a false confession, as Paulina states that this is all she wants in exchange for Miranda's life. Despite attempts by both her husband and Miranda to convince her that he is innocent, Paulina is certain that he is guilty and forces her husband to act as Miranda's "attorney" in the "trial" she arranges for him. She takes him captive to determine the truth. Paulina is convinced that Miranda was part of the old regime and that he tortured and raped her for weeks while she was blindfolded. Miranda (Kingsley), while the power at his home is cut. One day, a storm forces her husband Gerardo (Wilson) to ride home with a charming stranger, Dr. Paulina Escobar (Weaver) is a housewife married to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country, which is implied to be Chile. It was based on the 1990 play of the same name by Ariel Dorfman, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Rafael Yglesias. Death and the Maiden is a 1994 mystery drama film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson. ![]()
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