The Silence of the lambs [Portuguese subtitles]

Based on the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, “Silence of the Lambs” is a disturbing and chilling thriller. The film which won five Academy Awards, is highlighted by the superb performances of Jodie Foster as FBI cadet Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as the psychotic criminal, once brilliant psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal “the Cannibal” Lecter. Starling’s job is to tap Lector’s mind in order to find the serial killer known as “Buffalo Bill”, a killer who skins his victims. Lector uses his macabre knowledge to entice Clarice into intricate but chilling mindgames. The film’s focal point is not so much the catching of the killer, but the relationship between Starling and Lector. The audience is manipulated so that Lecter is simultaneously repellent and charismatic, thus contributing to the tension and unease of the film. In English with Portugese subtitles.