The Afternoon of a Torturer (2002)
După-amiaza unui torționar
A young journalist interviews a man who was a torturer during the early days of the communist regime in Romania.
- Date of release
- 2002-04-17
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Lucian Pintilie
Casting
- Gheorghe Dinică — Frant Tandara
- Radu Beligan — The professor
- Ioana Ana Macaria — The journalist
- Coca Bloos — Frant's wife
- Dorina Chiriac — The commissar
- Cristina Agachi — The Aunt
- Șerban Pavlu — Ticuta
- Marius Radu — Frant as a child
- Florin Roata — The Father
- Loredana Stefan — Frant's Sister
Interesting facts
The Afternoon of a Torturer is a 2001 Romanian biography film directed by Lucian Pintilie. It recounts an interview with Franț Țandără, a parricide and a torturer in the Communist jails, who openly confesses to the terrible crimes he committed in his youth. Out of the estimated 1,700 Romanians whose mission under the regime was torturing political prisoners, Țandără was the only one who felt a need to confess.
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