authoritarianism is a word i only learned of today because of this film yet i understood it very deeply.
authoritarianism disguised as communism. the confession is a fascinating political drama that no so much is a courtroom drama but a drama about the manipulation of the court outcome.
i don't know a whole lot about communism so i am maybe missing crucial details yet the film portrays our lead with not neccesarily 100% sympathy but curiousity about the innocent and the authorital need for confession, they keep pushing and pushing until they get their way.i do know that commmunism has an emphasis on freedom yet non is given.
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The Confession
Rating
5.0 (1)
Release Date
4/29/1970Runtime
139 minsOverview
The vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia, knowing he's being watched and followed, is one day arrested and put into solitary confinement.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
FrenchBudget
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A relentless psychological descent into Stalinist machinery: a man arrested without explanation is systematically broken down through interrogation and isolation until reality itself becomes unreliable. Watching it feels like being trapped inside an interrogation room alongside him.
Mood
Dread-soakedClaustrophobicParanoidBleak
Themes
PowerCorruptionJusticeIdentity
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
HandheldHigh-contrastNaturalistic
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violence
Yves Montand
Gérard (A.L. / Artur London)
Simone Signoret
Lise (Mme L. / Lise London)
Gabriele Ferzetti
Kohoutek
Michel Vitold
Smola
Jean Bouise
Boss of factory
Michel Beaune
Lawyer
Jacques Rispal
Former secretary
Antoine Vitez
Communist friend
Michel Robin
Attorney General
László Szabó
Secret police man
Guy Mairesse
Doctor
Marc Eyraud
Politician
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