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With: Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson
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Written by: Rafael Yglesias, Ariel Dorfman, based on the play by Ariel Dorfman
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Directed by: Roman Polanski
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MPAA Rating: R for strong language including descriptions of violent situations
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Running Time: 103
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Date: 12/23/1994
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Death and the Maiden (1994)
'Maiden' Voyages
By Jeffrey M. Anderson After Bitter Moon, Death and the Maiden (1994, New Line, $19.98) returns to familiarPolanski territory with Sigourney Weaver playing the wife of ahigh-profile lawyer (Stuart Wilson) in an unnamed third world country.When a good citizen (Ben Kingsley) gives the lawyer a ride home onenight, Weaver becomes convinced that he's the man who tortured her yearsbefore. As she exacts her revenge, we're never sure who's right andwho's lying. It's a relentless, superb thriller that takes place almostentirely on one set. DVD Details: New Line's 2003 DVD comes with a trailer.
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