La captive = The Captive / une coproduction Gemini Films, Arte FranceCinema, Paradise Films ; produit par Paulo Branco ; scénario, Chantal Akerman, Erik de Kuyper ; un film de Chantal Akerman.

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Tells the story of Ariane, who lives under her lover Simon's surveillance in a grandiose Parisian apartment. Simon harbors an obsessional need to know everything about her, and imagines that she leads a double life.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:KimStim collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Gémini Films
Arte France cinéma (Firm)
Paradise Films
KimStim, Inc
Other Authors: Branco, Paulo (Producer)
Akerman, Chantal (Screenwriter, Director)
Kuyper, Eric de (Screenwriter)
Merhar, Stanislas, 1971- (Actor)
Testud, Sylvie (Actor)
Bonamy, Olivia, 1974- (Actor)
Rovère, Liliane, 1933- (Actor)
Bertin, Françoise (Actor)
Clément, Aurore, 1945- (Actor)
Lancelin, Sabine, 1959- (Cinematographer)
Atherton, Claire (Editor)
Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922
Language:French
English
Language of the Original:
French
Language and/or Writing System:
In French with English subtitles.
Published: Brooklyn, NY : [France] : KimStim Inc. ; Gemini Films, [2004], ©2004.
Series:KimStim collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Sex addiction > Drama.
Desire > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > France > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodrama > Feature.
Feature films > France.
Feature films > Belgium.
Foreign language films > French.
Drama.
Desire.
Man-woman relationships.
Sex addiction.
France.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodrama
Feature films
Foreign language films
Feature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Captive [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Tells the story of Ariane, who lives under her lover Simon's surveillance in a grandiose Parisian apartment. Simon harbors an obsessional need to know everything about her, and imagines that she leads a double life.
Note:Inspired by the novel "La Prisonnière" by Marcel Proust.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
Special features include: interviews with director, Chantal Akerman and actress, Sylvie Testud; original French trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ7 D0032717 VideoDVD
Audience:
BBFC rating: 15.
Credits:Photography, Sabine Lancelin ; editor, Claire Atherton.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Cast:
Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy, Liliane Rovère, Françoise Bertin, Aurore Clément.