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]
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| Directed by | Brillante Ma. Mendoza |
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| Produced by | Didier Costet |
| Starring | Isabelle Huppert |
| Cinematography | Odyssey Flores |
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| Music by | Teresa Barrozo |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
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| Budget | $1 million |
| Box office | $2.2 million[2] |
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
editAt 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
edit- Isabelle Huppert as Thérèse Bourgoine
- Marc Zanetta as John Bernstein
- Katherine Mulville as Sophie Bernstein
- Maria Isabel Lopez as Marianne Agudo Pineda
- Mercedes Cabral as Emma Policarpio
- Sid Lucero as Abu Mokhif
- Kristoffer King as Jairulle
- Ronnie Lazaro as Abu Azali
- Mon Confiado as Abu Omar
- Raymond Bagatsing as Abu Saiyed
- Angel Aquino as Olive Reyes
- Bernard Palanca as Santi Dizon
- Allan Paule as Fred Siazon
- Archie Adamos as Randy Bardone
- Jelyn Nataly Chong as Jessica Lim
- Nico Antonio as Arnulfo Reyes
- Coco Martin as Abusama
- Neil Ryan Sese as Molazem
- Rustica Carpio as Soledad
- Che Ramos as Joan Corpuz
Production
editCoco 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Berlinale 2012 Brillante Mendoza's "Captive" Among First Competition Films". mubi. December 19, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
- ^ "CAPTIVE (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
- ^ "Huppert Captive by Brillante Mendoza's next film". screendaily. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ "First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special". Berlin Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ Reyes, William R. (July 8, 2011). "Coco Martin sacrificed chance to work with French actress Isabelle Huppert for Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin". PEP. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (February 24, 2011). "Coco Martin denies walking out on the set of Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin; describes difficulty portraying dual characters". PEP. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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