Captive (2003)

Original title

Cautiva

Directed by

Gastón Birabén

Genre

drama film, historical film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl learns that her identity was stolen as a baby by the people who raised her. She was taken from a family murdered by the state during Argentina's dictatorship. The film follows her search for the truth about her past.

somberreflectivepoignantcontemplativeintimatetensegroundedmelancholic

What happens

Captive (Spanish: Cautiva) is a 2003 Argentinian film that concerns itself with what happened to the children of the people killed after the 1970s military coup. The film states it was made with the support of Argentine National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts. Captive was an award winner at the 2003 San Sebastian Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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