This prompts her wealthy father Tomas Bilbatua (Jose Luis Gomez) to invite Brother Lorenzo to their home where Tomas puts the Brother to The Question. The question in this case being wouldnt anyone confess to anything under torture? Thats one of the films central pointswith distinct reference to whats going on now with Bush's policies. Foreman's film proposes that when tortured, people are likely to confess to anything. And peripheral to that notion are themes involving the dangers of unlimited power and the hypocrisy of those who wield that power.