The Afternoon of a Torturer(După-amiaza unui torționar)
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
France, Romania, Gabon · 2002
1h 16m
Director Lucian Pintilie
Starring Gheorghe Dinică, Radu Beligan, Ioana Ana Macaria, Coca Bloos
Genre Comedy, Drama
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Frant Tandara, former torturer in Romanian communist prisons, is ready to confess his crimes to a journalist and a former victim. The two meet him at the train station in Giurgiu, where Tandara, a man with a shy demeanor, welcomes them by offering them flowers. But the confession presents problems right from the start: the tape recorder does not work, Tandara talks too fast or too slow. Frant tries to begin the tale by talking about the least significant parts of his life: his father in the military, his education, his wandering at the end of the war. The journalist tries to get him with direct questions about his career as a butcher but only gets evasive answers. Tandara's wife intervenes to ask them to stop torturing her husband, and the afternoon does not go as expected. This is a film about people's failure to let memory do its job.
We hate to say it, but we can't find anywhere to view this film.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Avatar
When humans invade a distant planet, a man sent to study the indigenous aliens struggles to choose sides.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2009
- Director James Cameron
- Cast Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Available on Disney Plus, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The epic conclusion to the adventure of Bilbo Baggins, who joins the Battle of the Five Armies.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- New Zealand, United States • 2014
- Director Peter Jackson
- Cast Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Kingsman: The Secret Service
A suave spy takes a scrappy teenager under his wing. The kid's got talent, but manners maketh man.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2014
- Director Matthew Vaughn
- Cast Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, Sophie Cookson, Sofia Boutella
- Genre Crime, Comedy, Action, Adventure
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Video, AMC on Demand
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
An adventure adapted from J.K. Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2016
- Director David Yates
- Cast Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Colin Farrell, Jon Voight
- Genre Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on fuboTV, USA Network, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Aquaman
Behold the Protector of the Deep.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia, United States • 2018
- Director James Wan
- Cast Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV
Annihilation
A biologist signs up for an expedition in search of her husband, who has vanished in a logic-defying alien landscape.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Alex Garland
- Cast Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Blade Runner 2049
Thirty years later, there's a new blade runner in town.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States, United Kingdom, Hungary • 2017
- Director Denis Villeneuve
- Cast Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Harrison Ford
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Alita: Battle Angel
An angel falls. A warrior rises.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Canada, Argentina, United States • 2019
- Director Robert Rodriguez
- Cast Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Keean Johnson, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on FXNow, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Eternals
In the beginning...
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- United States • 2021
- Director Chloé Zhao
- Cast Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, Barry Keoghan, Lauren Ridloff
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
1917
Two British soldiers race to deliver a message that will stop over 1,000 men from walking into a German ambush.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, United States • 2019
- Director Sam Mendes
- Cast George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Claire Duburcq
- Genre War, Drama, Action
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand