Captive (2012 film)

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Captive
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Theatrical movie poster
Directed by Brillante Ma. Mendoza
Written by
  • Brillante Mendoza
  • Patrick Bancarel
  • Boots Agbayani Pastor
  • Arlyn dela Cruz
Produced byDidier Costet
Starring Isabelle Huppert
CinematographyOdyssey Flores
Edited by
  • Yves Deschamps
  • Kats Serraon
Music byTeresa Barrozo
Production
companies
  • Swift Entertainment Production
  • Centerstage Production
Distributed by
  • Star Cinema
  • (Philippines)
  • Équation Distribution
  • (France)
Release dates
  • February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12)(Berlin [1] )
  • June 9, 2012 (2012-06-09)(Mandaluyong)
  • September 5, 2012 (2012-09-05)(Limited)
  • September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19)(France)
  • October 12, 2012 (2012-10-12)(BFI London Film Festival)
Running time
122 minutes
Countries
Languages
Budget$1 million
Box office$2.2 million [2]

Captive is a 2012 French-Filipino-German-British action psychological drama-thriller war film directed by Brillante Mendoza and starring Isabelle Huppert. [3] The film was screened in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. [4]

Contents

The plot focuses on describing the torturous life of the hostages of the Dos Palmas kidnappings, whose survivors were freed after a year in captivity.

Plot

At a beach resort in the Philippines, 20 guests are kidnapped by an Islamic separatist group fighting for the independence of Mindanao, with French social worker Therese Bourgoine among those taken to a jungle island. Over weeks and months, a strange bond grows between the kidnappers and hostages.

Cast

Production

Coco Martin was supposed to have a lead role opposite the film's star Isabelle Huppert. Martin was supposed to play a Marine but had to drop out and settle for a cameo role due to conflicts with his taping schedule for the military fiction Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin . [5] [6]

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