The Afternoon of a Torturer (2001)
- Original title
- După-amiaza unui torționar
- Directed by
- Lucian Pintilie
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Romania
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A journalist interviews an old man who confesses to being a torturer in Romania's communist prisons. The man describes the violent acts he committed as a young man. The film focuses on his attempt to explain his past.
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What happens
The Afternoon of a Torturer (Romanian: După-amiaza unui torționar) is a 2001 Romanian biography film directed by Lucian Pintilie. It recounts an interview with Franț Țandără, a parricide and a torturer in the Communist jails, who openly confesses to the terrible crimes he committed in his youth. Out of the estimated 1,700 Romanians whose mission under the regime was torturing political prisoners, Țandără was the only one who felt a need to confess. The film has been described as "a story on the banality of evil and the inhumane atrocity of man". It is based on the 1999 book The Road to Damascus: Confession of a former torturer by Doina Jela, the inspiration for the journalist in the movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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