I'm going to break my own rule here. This is a super obscure movie that I loved watching when it first came out on VHS (1991), but haven't been able to see it since. Netflix doesn't have it so if you have a Mom & Pop video store near you that has a great selection you may still be able to watch this. And I highly recommend that you do!Closet Land is a little movie - 2-person cast - produced by Amnesty International. But both actors are amazing in it - Alan Rickman (Die Hard) and Madeleine Stowe (12 Monkeys).
It's about a children's book writer (Stowe) who is imprisoned and interrogated at length for suspected political messages in her books.
Rickman 's use of accents is especially good as the interrogator. But it's when his accents slip that it gets really intriguing.
This is a superb look a dark subject, nuanced and intelligent. A true study of human nature.
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