Movie

The Afternoon of a Torturer

2002 · 76 min

A slow, claustrophobic conversation that forces you to sit with evil and the unsettling ordinariness of a torturer's confession.

Overview: A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Guilt, morality, power, corruption
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
morality
power
corruption
memory
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none