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Synopsis: Paulina Escobar is a political activist whose husband is a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country just out of a dictatorship. One day a storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the neighbor (Dr. Miranda) was part of the old fascist regime that tortured and raped her, while blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the truth. Paulina is torn between her psychological repressions and somber memory, Gerardo is torn between his wife and the law, and Dr. Miranda is forced to endure captivity while husband and wife seek out the uncertain truth about the clouded past.
Director(s): Roman Polanski
Production: Fine Line Features
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
R
Year:
1994
103 min
1,544 Views


I think we're being

too merciful.

I'm for killing

the whole bunch of them.

Really? With all due respect,

I can't agree with you.

Isn't that what

the death squads proved?

Killing doesn't end it

for either side.

Still out.

The president says the army

is very, very unhappy...

making a lot of veiled

and not so veiled threats.

How depressing.

Maybe you're right.

Maybe my idea about the children

learning the truth...

is just a fantasy.

You've taken my point too far.

If you really want to know...

the president told me...

this is between us...

Oh, I won't tell.

Not even my wife.

Especially not your wife.

The president told me...

in actuality, there are hundreds

and hundreds of people...

ready to make statements.

Now, once this begins,

with luck, it could snowball...

and we could know everything.

Jesus. You may be in danger.

- Danger of what?

- Well, you said so yourself.

They're out there.

They have a lot to hide...

and they have the guns.

Stop! That's my car!

God damn it! That's my car!

Sh*t!

I'm such an a**hole.

I'm yelling, "Stop,

that's my car" to a thief.

He's glad it's my car.

That's the whole point.

I'm sorry.

It's probably some kids

out for a joyride.

This time, I really do have

something to apologize for.

My wife took your car.

She went for a tire?

I don't understand.

Where did she go?

She's pissed at me.

Jesus. 'Cause you had a flat?

I thought

my wife was unreasonable.

No, she took money.

Had some in the house.

She took it all.

Well, that's weird.

Well, then, she's a woman.

Why am I surprised?

Is she coming back soon?

Is this a twenty-four-hour deal

or a week or what?

How will I explain this

to my wife?

This has never happened before.

We fight. We have fights,

but she's never...

Oh, sh*t.

I really thought

that she understood.

She's left me.

F*** women.

She'll be back.

Well, that's the bad news.

Oh, come on. You love her.

I didn't think

I'd feel this shitty.

- I thought I'd feel relieved.

- Relieved?

Be careful.

Let me tell you something.

She has not been easy.

She's got a lot of reasons,

but she's crazy.

They all have reasons,

and they're all crazy.

You know what Nietzsche said?

I think it was Nietzsche.

I always say it was Nietzsche.

It's probably Freud.

I mean, he said everything.

If it's quotable,

it's probably Freud.

You're very funny

when you're grief-stricken.

That's the only way to suffer.

What did Nietzsche say,

or whoever else?

Whoever said...

"We can never entirely possess

the female soul."

I don't know

what the f*** that means.

Sure, you do.

You go insane wanting them.

It doesn't matter

what it costs you.

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Rafael Yglesias

Rafael Yglesias (born May 12, 1954) is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for the 1993 movie Fearless, which he adapted from his own novel of the same name. more…

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