The Captive (La captive)

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Directed by

Chantal Akerman

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Stanislas Merhar
Simon

Sylvie Testud
Ariane

Olivia Bonamy
Andrée

Liliane Rovère
Françoise, the maid

Françoise Bertin
The grandmother

Aurore Clément
Léa, the actress

Vanessa Larré
Hélène

Anna Mouglalis
Isabelle

Written by

Chantal Akerman
(scenario) and

Marcel Proust

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An adaptation of Proust's "La Prisoniere" (book five of "Remembrance of Things Past"). Set in Paris, France, it is a serious tale of a tragic and dysfunctional love.

Release date: 27 September 2000
UPC: 014381205824

Tags: France (1), 2000 (1), 2000s (1)

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"17.2. 2024 Akerman managed to make somewhat passable films even about very tired subjects, like dysfunctional marriage. "The Captive" tells about an upper class couple, whose marriage is subtly but certainly falling apart. The marriage presented in the film is defined by banality that is related to shallow lifestyle. Akerman doesn't really examine exact reasons on why the feelings between the man and the woman are vanishing, but a few suggestive gestures and cold expressions on people's faces a"