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La Captive (The Captive) (2003)

La Captive (The Captive)
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Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy, Liliane Rovere, Françoise Bertin ... (see more)

Simon (Stansilas Merhar) is a wealthy man living a sheltered life in an affluent Paris neighborhood. He's smitten with his companion Ariane (Sylvie Testud) and spends all his time by her side. His obsession deepens when he sets out to discover everything about Ariane, including her past, her secrets... (read more)

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PG, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed by: Chantal Akerman
Release Date: Mar 28, 2003
DVD Release Date: Jan 27, 2004

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4 days ago
Great to discover a new director, especially a female director (Chantal Akerman).
354 days ago
Interesting film, one that strikes me as more an intellectual and formal exercise, rather than an emotional or feeling one. I appreciated many of its formal qualities--the beautiful photography, the switch to close-ups at the climactic turn of the fi... (read more)
452 days ago
Very slow moving, like somniloquy. Static & still, like water. Metaphysical. Abstract. Distant. Beautiful photography, though.
477 days ago
Starts off with a reasonably interesting concept. - Wierd bloke, paranoid that his girlfriend is lying to him, follows her around.
Shortly after it starts however, it gets duller and duller and duller, until thank God, it finally ends.
601 days ago
wonderful, the first movie that I liked that had a sad ending

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