Death and the Maiden is a 1994 mystery drama film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson.

Paulina Escobar is a housewife married to a prominent lawyer, Gerardo, in an unnamed South American country, which is implied to be Chile.

They write up a false confession and present it to Paulina, but she becomes enraged and deems Miranda unrepentant, threatening to kill him.

In a last-ditch effort to save his life, Miranda implores Gerardo to call the Spanish medical school where he claims to have been at the time of Paulina's rape.

In the final scene, Paulina and Gerardo are at the same concert where the film began with Miranda also present, looking down with his wife and sons.

The website's consensus reads: "With its claustrophobic setting heightening the tension and seasoned stars doing excellent work, Death and the Maiden is prime Polanski.