Death and the Maiden (La muerte y la doncella) is a play by Ariel Dorfman, first published in 1991.
Dorfman is a Chilean exile, having escaped the regime of Augusto Pinochet.
Death and the Maiden is a 1994 film directed by Roman Polanski, based on the play by Ariel Dorfman, a Chilean exile who escaped the regime of Augusto Pinochet. It starred Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley andStuart Wilson.
Paulina Escobar is the housewife to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed third World country. One day a storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the neighbor (Dr. Miranda) was part of the old fascist regime that tortured and raped her, while blindfolded. Paulina takes him captive to determine the 'truth'. Paulina is torn between her psychological repressions and somber memory, Gerardo is torn between his wife and the law, and Dr. Miranda is forced to endure captivity while husband and wife seek out the uncertain truth about the clouded past. Written by Henry G. Herron
