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.
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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.
