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7.3
/10
142 Ratings

THE AFTERNOON OF A TORTURER

După-amiaza unui torţionar

Directed by Lucian Pintilie
France, Gabon, 2001
Biography, Drama
  • 8080 minutes

Synopsis

Frant Tandara, former torturer in Romanian prisons, is ready to confess his crimes to a journalist and a former political prisoner. The two meet him at the train station in Giurgiu, where Tandara, a man with a shy demeanor, welcomes them by offering them flowers.

Synopsis

Frant Tandara, former torturer in Romanian prisons, is ready to confess his crimes to a journalist and a former political prisoner. The two meet him at the train station in Giurgiu, where Tandara, a man with a shy demeanor, welcomes them by offering them flowers.