Captive

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Mar 18, 2015 A bit better off than expectation. Still, it's those 'Frenchie thing' however. See more Mar 15, 2013 Huppert l'aventuriere de tous les combats passe des soubresauts africains de Claire Denis aux jungles des Philipines de Brillante Mendoza avec le meme sens du naturel et du devouement face a l'adversite. Du cinema temoignage nerveux mais qui manque un peu de suite dans les idees. See more Sep 9, 2012 Director Brillante Mendoza's latest opus is about a group of people vacationing in a Philippine beach resort taken hostage by a fundamentalist Filipino-Muslim separatist terrorist group, the Abu Sayyaf. Isabelle Huppert plays a French Christian social worker. Just like with Mendoza's previous work, [i]Kinatay[/i], this is a challenge to get through. The film unfolds unconventionally, foregoing the expected narrative trappings and instead lets the film just happen, almost documentary-style (it is quite loosely based on a true story that actually happened). It's this structure that makes the film a trial to sit through, at times excruciating but people open to Mendoza's style (an increased budget allows him to be more visually gorgeous this time around) will find the film rather rewarding and thought provoking as both the hostages and their captors are humanized throughout. Not my favorite Mendoza film but a solid entry nevertheless. Huppert is of course predictably outstanding. It helps that Brillante is fantastic with actresses. See more Read all reviews

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