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Spain Spain · Los Barrios
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9
Thriller. Drama Paulina Escobar is the housewife to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed third World country. 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 ... [+]
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  • es
March 23, 2007
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'La muerte y la doncella', o lo que es lo mismo, un drama de primer orden en las manos de un genio del suspense más oscuro. La intensidad verbal mantiene un clima asfixiante a lo largo de toda la película. Un ejemplo de cómo se debe trabajar en el cine a la hora de crear ambientes fríos para contar historias calientes. Necesaria, siniestra, triste y criticona. Sin duda, el Polanski más recomendable.
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