Captive (2012 film)

2012 film

Brillante Mendoza
Patrick Bancarel
Boots Agbayani Pastor
Arlyn dela Cruz

Produced byDidier CostetStarringIsabelle HuppertCinematographyOdyssey FloresEdited 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 minutesCountries

France
Philippines
Germany
United Kingdom

Languages

Filipino
Tagalog
French
English

Budget$1 millionBox 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]

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

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

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

^ "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.