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The fifth volume of Marcel Proust's legendary novel REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST is the source for veteran French feminist filmmaker Chantal Akerman's remarkable film THE CAPTIVE. Following a theme common in her past films--the impossibility of true knowledge of the other, Akerman crafts a severe and stilted chamber drama out of .. Read more

Starring	Olivia Bonamy, Francoise Bertin, Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud
Director	Chantal Akerman
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Akerman returns to top form with this strange but compelling version of Proust's La PrisonniÃre. Set in (just about)... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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- - 7
  - 2
  Whatever happened to the Nouvelle Vague?
  
  Inspired by Proust’s Prisonnaire. A rich kid obsesses over his girlfriend, whom he follows, has accompanied everywhere, questions unremittingly and sniffs ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - gordoncrombie
  - Manchester
  - 23 Jul 2004 at 14:34
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- - 1
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  The Captive
  
  Its a weird movie that a guy takes a control over her life but its a bit boring to watch though....
  
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- - a customer
  - Yeovil
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 20:03
- - 0
  - 0
  worth a look
  
  I feel I have to put in a good word for this film amongst all of this bashing - although I can't argue with most of it! The Captive is both slow and ... read more »
  
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- - Andrews
  - 55 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 19:41
- - 0
  - 0
  A whiff of tedium
  
  Very boring tale of rich kid obsessing over his supposed girlfriend. He smells and watches her but thats about it! Is this a beautifully crafted movie, is the ... read more »
  
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- - Whipster
  - 592 reviews
  - Shropshire
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 14:01
- - 1
  - 0
  ...........&:-)..........
  
  A beautiful French aristocrat gently simmers with jealousy until absolutly nothing happens.
  
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- - mptye
  - 38 reviews
  - huddersfield
  - 04 Jun 2007 at 19:44
- - 0
  - 1
  Not likely to hold you captive
  
  The couple depicted here have major issues. She is virtually a voluntary prisoner in his mauseleum-like apartment, and when she does leave it, he stalks her, ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 752 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Oct 2005 at 19:14
- - 0
  - 0
  Strange
  
  This is a very strange French film about a very strange French couple. Don't waste your time.
  
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- - Richard
  - Northampton
  - 19 Sep 2005 at 16:46
- - 0
  - 2
  Total waste
  
  Don't rent this movie - a French movie that is way too slow and anything but entertaining.
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 17 May 2005 at 20:24
- - 4
  - 2
  dull
  
  Yes its about obsession and paranoia but it is also painfully slow, tedious and pretentious - one of the poorer examples of French cinema.
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 04 Apr 2005 at 09:51
- - 3
  - 1
  obsessed
  
  This is a strange film but well made, even if it is a bit hard to follow at times, the film follows Ariane & Simon lives from the early days, through his ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 55457
- - andrew healy
  - Gravesend, England
  - 24 Nov 2004 at 19:45
- - 7
  - 2
  Whatever happened to the Nouvelle Vague?
  
  Inspired by Proust’s Prisonnaire. A rich kid obsesses over his girlfriend, whom he follows, has accompanied everywhere, questions unremittingly and sniffs ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 306822
- - gordoncrombie
  - Manchester
  - 23 Jul 2004 at 14:34
View all members' reviews (10)

- - 7
  - 2
  Whatever happened to the Nouvelle Vague?
  
  Inspired by Proust’s Prisonnaire. A rich kid obsesses over his girlfriend, whom he follows, has accompanied everywhere, questions unremittingly and sniffs ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 306822
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - gordoncrombie
  - Manchester
  - 23 Jul 2004 at 14:34
- - 4
  - 2
  dull
  
  Yes its about obsession and paranoia but it is also painfully slow, tedious and pretentious - one of the poorer examples of French cinema.
  
  Report this review
- 88154
- - a customer
  - London
  - 04 Apr 2005 at 09:51
- - 3
  - 1
  obsessed
  
  This is a strange film but well made, even if it is a bit hard to follow at times, the film follows Ariane & Simon lives from the early days, through his ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 55457
- - andrew healy
  - Gravesend, England
  - 24 Nov 2004 at 19:45
- - 1
  - 0
  ...........&:-)..........
  
  A beautiful French aristocrat gently simmers with jealousy until absolutly nothing happens.
  
  Report this review
- 446746
- - mptye
  - 38 reviews
  - huddersfield
  - 04 Jun 2007 at 19:44
- - 1
  - 0
  The Captive
  
  Its a weird movie that a guy takes a control over her life but its a bit boring to watch though....
  
  Report this review
- 654243
- - a customer
  - Yeovil
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 20:03
- - 0
  - 0
  Strange
  
  This is a very strange French film about a very strange French couple. Don't waste your time.
  
  Report this review
- 152217
- - Richard
  - Northampton
  - 19 Sep 2005 at 16:46
- - 0
  - 0
  A whiff of tedium
  
  Very boring tale of rich kid obsessing over his supposed girlfriend. He smells and watches her but thats about it! Is this a beautifully crafted movie, is the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 483400
- - Whipster
  - 592 reviews
  - Shropshire
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 14:01
- - 0
  - 0
  worth a look
  
  I feel I have to put in a good word for this film amongst all of this bashing - although I can't argue with most of it! The Captive is both slow and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 612764
- - Andrews
  - 55 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Aug 2008 at 19:41
- - 0
  - 1
  Not likely to hold you captive
  
  The couple depicted here have major issues. She is virtually a voluntary prisoner in his mauseleum-like apartment, and when she does leave it, he stalks her, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 155708
- - RJNeb2
  - 752 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Oct 2005 at 19:14
- - 0
  - 2
  Total waste
  
  Don't rent this movie - a French movie that is way too slow and anything but entertaining.
  
  Report this review
- 104367
- - a customer
  - London
  - 17 May 2005 at 20:24

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- The Captive
  
  The fifth volume of Marcel Proust's legendary novel REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST is the source for veteran French feminist filmmaker Chantal Akerman's remarkable film THE CAPTIVE. Following a theme common in her past films--the impossibility of true knowledge of the other, Akerman crafts a severe and ...