THE AFTERNOON OF A TORTURER
synopsis
Frant Tandara, a former torturer in the prisons of Communist Romania, has agreed to confess his crimes to a journalist and a former political prisoner. Right from the start, the confession is plagued with problems: the tape recorder jams, Tandara speaks too fast or too slowly, his story sounds contrived. The son of a soldier, he became a homeless drifter when World War II ended. He slept in train stations and lived a hobo existence. While evoking his shady past, Tandara never really comes clean.
international title: | The Afternoon of a Torturer |
original title: | Dupa-amiaza unui tortionar |
country: | France, Romania |
sales agent: | Cinexport |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Lucian Pintilie |
film run: | 88' |
release date: | FR 17/04/2002, RO 13/05/2002 |
screenplay: | Gloria Papura |
cast: | Dorina Chiriac, Coca Bloos, Gheorghe Dinica, Radu Beligan, Ioana Macaria |
cinematography by: | Calin Ghibu |
film editing: | Nita Chivulescu |
art director: | Calin Papura |
costumes designer: | Gloria Papura |
producer: | Yvon Crenn |
production: | YMC Productions, The Studio for Cinematic, Creation of the Romanian, Filmex Romania, Ministry of Culture and Filmex Romania (RO) |
distributor: | Euripide Distribution |