Captive (2012 film)

Captive is a 2012 French-Filipino 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]

Captive
Theatrical movie poster
Directed byBrillante Ma. Mendoza
Written by
  • Brillante Mendoza
  • Patrick Bancarel
  • Boots Agbayani Pastor
  • Arlyn dela Cruz
Produced byDidier Costet
StarringIsabelle Huppert
CinematographyOdyssey Flores
Edited by
  • Yves Deschamps
  • Kats Serraon
Music byTeresa Barrozo
Production
companies
  • Swift Entertainment Production
  • Centerstage Production
Distributed by
Release dates
  • February 12, 2012 (2012-02-12) (Berlin[1])
  • June 9, 2012 (2012-06-09) (Philippines)
  • September 19, 2012 (2012-09-19) (France)
Running time
122 minutes
Countries
Languages
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

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]

See also

References

  1. "Berlinale 2012 Brillante Mendoza's "Captive" Among First Competition Films". mubi. Retrieved September 4, 2012.
  2. "CAPTIVE (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  3. "Huppert Captive by Brillante Mendoza's next film". screendaily. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  4. "First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special". Berlin Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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