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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
    • Victim
    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 Siskel & Ebert & 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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    Political? Sci-Fi? Superb any way you look at it.
    Placed somewhere in the midst of ‘1984' and ‘Twilight Zone' this film may be about abuse of power, it may be about government control, it may be about overactive imaginations.

    One certainty is after watching ‘Closet Land' you will ask yourself a few questions. A second viewing will raise even more.

    Many will be turned off at the notion of a film with only 2 speaking parts (David Mamet's brilliant Oleanna comes immediately to mind), but this is not a film for mainstream tastes. Chances are, if you would like it, you probably have seen it.

    Powerful premise, powerful performances, powerful film.
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    • Apr 15, 1999

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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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