Captive (Brillante Mendoza)
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- Movie: Captive
- Director: Brillante Mendoza
- Writer: Brillante Mendoza, Patrick Bancarel, Boots Agbayani Pastor, Arlyn dela Cruz
- Producer: Didier Costet, Brillante Mendoza
- Cinematographer: Odyssey Flores
- World Premiere: February 13, 2012 (Berlin International Film Festival)
- Release Date:
- Runtime: 120 min.
- Language: Tagalog, English
- Country: Philippines, Germany, France, UK
Plot
Masked armed men, belonging to an Islamic separatists group, enter a beach resort in the Philippines and takes 20 hostages. The hostages are taken on a journey, across the sea and through the mountains, all the while, hounded by the Filipino army that are on their trails.
Notes
- To realistically portray the screenplay, director Brillante Mendoza filmed the movie chronologically with the screenplay. In addition, the kidnappers and hostages were kept separate until the filming of the kidnapping scene.
Cast
- Isabelle Huppert - Therese Bourgoine
- Kathy Mulville - Sophie Bernstein
- Marc Zanetta - John Bernstein
- Rustica Carpio - Soledad Carpio
- Ronnie Lazaro - Abu Azali
- Maria Isabel Lope - Marianne Agudo Pineda
- Angel Aquino - Olive Reyes
- Sid Lucero - Au Mokhif
- Raymon Bagatsing - Abu Saiyed
- Timothy Mabalot - Ahmed
- Mercedes Cabral - Emma Policarpio
Film Festivals
- 2012 (62nd) Berlin International Film Festival - February 9-19, 2012 - Competition *World Premiere
