Name: L' Apres-midi d'un tortionnaire
Genre: Adaptation, Drama, Historical
Released: 2001
Duration: 1 min 28 s
Cast: Gheorghe Dinica, Radu Beligan, Ioana Macaria, Coca Bloos

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Film Details

Also Known As

Afternoon of a Torturer, The, Apres-midi d'un tortionnaire

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Historical

Release Date

2001

Production Company

Filmex Romania; Studio For Cinematic Creation Of The Romanian Ministry Of Culture

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 28m

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. 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...