The Confession
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Produced by Fono Roma, Les Films Corona
A harrowing political thriller about the systematic destruction of an innocent man through interrogation and torture in a totalitarian state.
In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.
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