The Captive

The Captive

Freely inspired by Proust’s “La Prisonnière” (“Remembrance of Things Past” Vol. 5)

Rating

No ratings yet

Release Date

9/27/2000

Runtime

118 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

-
Backdrop Image

How It Feels

Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.

A Parisian dream-logic fever about possession and desire that moves between tender intimacy and suffocating control. What begins as romantic entanglement curdles into a meditation on whether we can ever truly know, or be known by, those we love.

Mood

ClaustrophobicWistfulParanoid

Themes

ObsessionLoveFreedomIdentityBetrayal

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Sexual content

Reviews

No reviews yet

Be the first to review The Captive.

Recommendations

Ranked by what each one shares with this film, with the reason on every card.

Same director · Shares cast

Same director · Shares cast

Same director

Same director · Shares cast

Feels similar

A similar mood

Feels similar

A similar mood

Feels similar

Feels similar

A similar mood

A similar mood

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar

Feels similar