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Synopsis: A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Radha Bharadwaj
Actors: Alan Rickman, Madeleine Stowe
Production: Media Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
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R
Year:
1991
89 min
1,420 Views

We all go long.

I know I do.

The old woman looked into my eyes

and I looked but did not see.

None of us saw.

Or maybe we did not realize.

As my mother.

It is the same.

Locking a child in a closet

or locking elderly.

If you can scare a child

can frighten an adult ...

and, over time,

close your eyes and not cry.

I never cried in the closet.

And people who do not cry ...

going around pretending

that all is well ...

while its neighbors

disappear.

Thus become

in children ...

fearing ill

they will be beheaded.

And that is

what is so scary ...

children

are so helpless.

They are as easy victims.

As easy victims.

If you say ...

it is

your last chance.

Everything is at stake.

Everything.

Would you sign?

How has a mint?

They cut off his tongue

and learned to whistle.

They learned,

why not whistled for you.

Today, a small injection.

He was a physicist. Look at him.

Not a single concern.

Not a single thought.

Look at his eyes.

Completely empty.

They're just lies,

sign it.

What do you care?

They are only lies.

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Radha Bharadwaj

Radha Bharadwaj is an Indian filmmaker, film producer and screenwriter. She moved to the United States in her late teens to study film. Bharadwaj's screenwriting and directing feature debut is Closet Land. The surreal psychological drama was released by Universal Pictures in 1991, making Radha Bharadwaj the first director of Indian descent to have a film released by a major Hollywood studio. Closet Land stars Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe. Ron Howard and Brian Grazer produced the feature. The screenplay for Closet Land won the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, among others.Bharadwaj's second feature was the 1998 Victorian gothic mystery, Basil. The period thriller, set in the United Kingdom, stars Derek Jacobi, Christian Slater, Jared Leto and Claire Forlani. The director's cut for Basil was twice selected to be the closing night film for the Special Presentation series at the Toronto International Film Festival, and chosen for a prime slot at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The film was also acclaimed at the American Film Market. Bharadwaj is currently working on new projects. more…

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