Captive is a 2012 action psychological drama-thriller war film directed by Brillante Mendoza and starring Isabelle Huppert. The film was screened in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.
The plot focuses on describing the tortuous 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.
See also List of Philippine films of 2012 List of French films of 2012
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