Intense psychological drama of a battle of wills, but lacking the required emotional impact through being set in no recognizable society; the acting almost carries it, but its heavy-handed symbolism sinks it before the end.

The freedom-of-expression debate thrashed out in the abstract: a stage-set of stylized antiquity, a nameless country, and only two (nameless) characters, an inquisitor and an author of children's books. All impulse to giggle at the pretension is soon crushed by the shared torture of it all.

An intense and intellectually engaging film about the abuse of power, fear, paranoia, the powerless and the human spirit.

Kinda creepy, but heavy-handed. I guess you have to expect that when the movie is sponsored by Amnesty International.

Well-done, but immensely unpleasant.

Another movie that's just too intellectual, too intense, and just plain too truthful for normal people. Dazzling