Rent The Captive (2000)
2.9 of 5 from 98 ratings
1h 52min
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- Synopsis:
- Acclaimed director Chantal Akerman becomes the latest filmmaker to take inspiration from Marcel Proust’s epic masterwork 'In Search of Lost Time'. Adapted from the fifth volume, 'The Captive' tells the story of Ariane, who lives under her lover Simon’s surveillance in a grandiose Parisian apartment. Simon harbours an obsessional need to know everything about her. He has her accompanied everywhere she goes and subjects her to endless questioning. Knowing of Ariane’s attraction to women, Simon imagines that she leads a double life, which only serves to increase his desire for her. Akerman’s film is an elegantly constructed and compelling meditation on love, desire and obsession.
- Actors:
- Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy, Liliane Rovère, Françoise Bertin, Aurore Clément, Vanessa Larré, Samuel Tasinaje, Jean Borodine, Anna Mouglalis, Bérénice Bejo, Adeline Chaudron, Sophie Assante, Christopher Gendreau, Sébastien Haddouk, Xavier Morange, Stanislas Januskiewicz, Laurence Guillet, Pascal Erizabal, Claude Hermann
- Directors:
- Chantal Akerman
- Writers:
- Chantal Akerman, Eric De Kuyper
- Aka:
- La captive
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance, Thrillers
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Lesbian Cinema, A Brief History of Film...
- Countries:
- France
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I'm sorry but I didn't know what was happening so I stopped watching around halfway. That's rare for me.
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