Movie
Closet Land
Overview
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-03-06
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alan Rickman as Interrogator
- Madeleine Stowe as Victim
Crew
- Radha Bharadwaj - Director
- Radha Bharadwaj - Writer
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