Interrogation

Interrogation

1989 · 118 min · PL · 7.2 (50 votes)
Dir. Ryszard Bugajski · Starring Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency, Janusz Gajos, Agnieszka Holland, Bożena Dykiel, Olgierd Łukaszewicz · Music Danuta Zankowska
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In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials interrogate, torture and humiliate her, she fights for survival and to maintain her innocence by refusing to sign a false confession. As her years of imprisonment pass, her relationship with her captors grows more complicated.

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This film feels like a suffocating descent into paranoia and despair. It's a stark, unflinching look at psychological warfare and the slow erosion of self under oppressive power. The atmosphere is heavy, and the performances are raw.

oppressivedesperateclaustrophobicunflinchingslow-burnbleak realismpolitical dramacharacter studytotalitarianismresiliencepsychological manipulationidentity
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