| Death and the Maiden | |
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| Directed by | Roman Polanski |
| Produced by | Josh Kramer Thom Mount |
| Written by | Ariel Dorfman (play) Rafael Yglesias |
| Starring | Sigourney Weaver Ben Kingsley Stuart Wilson |
| Music by | Wojciech Kilar |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Editing by | Hervé de Luze |
| Distributed by | Fine Line Features |
| Release date(s) | 1994 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country | United States United Kingdom France |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $2.1 million |
Death and the Maiden is a 1994 drama film directed by Roman Polanski, based on the play by Ariel Dorfman, a Chilean exile who escaped the regime of Augusto Pinochet. It starred Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson.
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Paulina Escobar (Weaver) is a housewife married to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country. One day a storm forces her husband Gerardo (Wilson) to ride home with a kind stranger. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the stranger, Dr. Miranda (Kingsley), was part of the old fascist regime and that he tortured and raped her while she was blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the truth. Despite attempts by both her husband and Miranda to convince her that he is innocent, Paulina is certain that he is the one, and forces her husband to be Miranda's "attorney" in the "trial" she arranges for him.
A central motif is Schubert's string quartet in D minor, which is known as the Death and the Maiden Quartet. The quartet is based on the lied Death and the Maiden, which was also composed by Schubert. A recording of this quartet was played during Paulina's ordeal. The play and hence also the film derive its name from the music.
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