Captive (2012 film)

Captive is a 2012 French-Filipino drama-thriller 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
Produced byDidier Costet
Written by
  • Brillante Mendoza
  • Patrick Bancarel
  • Boots Agbayani Pastor
  • Arlyn dela Cruz
StarringIsabelle Huppert
Music byTeresa Barrozo
CinematographyOdyssey Flores
Edited by
  • Yves Deschamps
  • Kats Serraon
Production
company
  • Swift Entertainment Production
  • Centerstage Production
Distributed by
Release date
  • 12 February 2012 (2012-02-12) (Berlin[1])
  • 9 June 2012 (2012-06-09) (Philippines)
  • 19 September 2012 (2012-09-19) (France)
Running time
82 minutes
Country
Language
Budget$1.56 million
Box office$112,133.00[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.

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]

References

  1. "Berlinale 2012 Brillante Mendoza's "Captive" Among First Competition Films". mubi. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  2. "CAPTIVE (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. "Huppert Captive by Brillante Mendoza's next film". screendaily. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  4. "First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special". Berlin Film Festival. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. Reyes, William R. (8 July 2011). "Coco Martin sacrificed chance to work with French actress Isabelle Huppert for Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin". PEP. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (24 February 2011). "Coco Martin denies walking out on the set of Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin; describes difficulty portraying dual characters". PEP. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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