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Closet Land

  • 19911991
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  • 1h 29m
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Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
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In a drab police state, an author of children's books is interrogated by a sadistic, secret policeman. She's under suspicion of embedding anti-government messages in her stories.In a drab police state, an author of children's books is interrogated by a sadistic, secret policeman. She's under suspicion of embedding anti-government messages in her stories.In a drab police state, an author of children's books is interrogated by a sadistic, secret policeman. She's under suspicion of embedding anti-government messages in her stories.
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    • Radha Bharadwaj
    • Radha Bharadwaj
    • Madeleine Stowe
    • Alan Rickman
    • Radha Bharadwaj
    • Radha Bharadwaj
    • Madeleine Stowe
    • Alan Rickman
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    Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Alan Rickman in Closet Land (1991)
    Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)
    Alan Rickman and Madeleine Stowe in Closet Land (1991)

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    Madeleine Stowe
    Madeleine Stowe
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    Alan Rickman
    Alan Rickman
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      • Radha Bharadwaj
      • Radha Bharadwaj
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    • Trivia
      This story was inspired by the experiences Veronica De Negri, a Chilean activist jailed and tortured under Pinochet during the 1970's.
    • Quotes

      Victim: [as Victim tries to stay awake] Pain will only strengthen my will. You can break my body, but you can't break my mind. Torture is the policy of tyrants. Resistance is my only weapon.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Hard Way/Closet Land/New Jack City/Shipwrecked/Ju Dou (1991)
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      Hernando's Hideaway
      Written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross

      Performed by Richard Einhorn

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    Disturbingly incredible...
    This is such an obscure film, but it was so powerful, I had to watch it a second time on the same night, just to be sure I didn't miss anything.

    Alan Rickman is at his best in this film, essentially playing four characters: the ruthless interrogator, the sadistic torturer, the tortured witness, and the lost soul. Madeleine Stowe is as engaging as Rickman. Her strong-minded character put most of the modern, pop-culture action heroes to shame. This movie, at first, looks so simple, but it is one of the most complicated and layered films around.

    As it has been stated, this movie could very easily have turned out to be a flop. The acting is some of the finest that can be seen from the last 20 or 25 years. This is so underrated, but I would not recommend it for everyone, least of all my generation (I'm only 17. Not many people my age would like or even understand "Closet Land."). In the movie age of special effects, explosions, explicit sex, and all-too-often pretty faces with poor acting and dialogue, "Closet Land" is one of the best films I've seen.
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    • maelitael
    • Nov 4, 2000

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      • March 6, 1991 (United States)
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      • California, USA
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      • Imagine Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 29 minutes
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