Despite Alan Rickman's bravura performance, CLOSET LAND, written and directed by Radha Bharadwaj, is an overly theatrical analysis of police state repression.
The film starts off realistically enough, with a dark screen simulating the point-of-view of a blindfolded and handcuffed female prisoner (Madeleine Stowe). Her complaints are answered by a cultured, sympathetic voice, followed by a coarser, tougher voice ridiculing the former's concern. When her
blindfold is removed, she beholds a bespectacled, sandy-haired man (Alan Rickman), looking both concerned and curious, who takes note of the captive woman's objections to her late night arrest and rough treatment...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
89 mins