The Captive (2000)
September 27, 2000
Drama, Romance
1h 58m


Freely inspired by Proust’s “La Prisonnière” (“Remembrance of Things Past” Vol. 5)
Ariane and Simon met down by the water. Simon has managed to prize Ariane away from her friends, a bunch of free and arrogant girls, and move her into his place, with her own room at the end of the hall and her own bathroom next to his. He has taken on Andrée, one of the girls from the bunch by the water, to watch over Ariane, escort her wherever she goes and report back to him on everything she does. Andrée becomes Ariane’s accomplice. She’ll tell lies for her, and with her, and most likely they’ll make love together when the mood takes them.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Chantal Akerman
- Ariane Sylvie Testud
- Simon Stanislas Merhar
- Andrée Olivia Bonamy
- Françoise, the maid Liliane Rovère
- Sarah Bérénice Bejo
- Léa, the actress Aurore Clément
- Isabelle Anna Mouglalis
- The grandmother Françoise Bertin
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Keywords
- hotel
- friendship
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- love triangle
- self-destruction
- sexuality
- obsession
- paranoia
- lover
- love
- memory
- captive
- desire
- illness
- woman director