(Left) Poster to advertise the film when it was released.
Witness is a thriller movie from 1982 directed by Peter Weir.
The film explores the sharp cultural conflicts between the old Amish society of western Pennsylvania and the modern American world of crime and violence.
The main character, Philadelphia police detective John Book is forced into hiding by a group of poeople looking for a little Amish boy. The boy witnesses a brutal killing with in the first few minutes of the filmand identifies the policeman who did it from a photograph on the wall at headquarters. John Book and his witness hide in the house of the boys's mother Rachel on a farm in the Amish country. The detective and the Amish widow gradually enter into a frustrated love affair, over objections of her father and neighbouring youth who sees Rachel as a potential wife. The killing takes place in a very generic location. There's the unglamourous toilets posing as the confined space. There are continual use of close ups and diegetic sound
(Below) Trailer for Witness, 1985.
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