Patty Hearst (1988)

Directed by

Paul Schrader

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rich heiress gets kidnapped by a violent left-wing group. The film follows how she is held captive and then becomes part of their criminal activities.

tenseclaustrophobicpsychologicalsombermethodicaldisturbingcoldslow-burn

What happens

Patty Hearst is a 1988 American biographical crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader. The film stars Natasha Richardson as Hearst Corporation heiress Patricia Hearst and Ving Rhames as Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) leader Cinque. The film depicts Hearst's kidnapping, her transformation into an active follower of the SLA after a long-lasting imprisonment and process of purported brainwashing, and her final arrest after a series of armed robberies. It is based on Hearst's 1982 autobiography Every Secret Thing (co-written with Alvin Moscow), which was later rereleased as Patty Hearst – Her Own Story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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