Captive
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gaston Biraben
Barbara Lombardo
Mercedes Funes
Susana Campos
Hugo Arana
Osvaldo Santoro
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Pretty Cristina Quadri's upper-middle-class parents have showered her with the best things in life. She seems to be made in their image: a well-groomed, obedient student. She looks askance at Angelica, an outspoken girl who challenges the teacher's gloss on Argentine history; it's whispered she's the daughter of "desaparaceidos" who were made to vanish by the military in the '70s. But Cristina's self-assurance is challenged when she's suddenly called out of class and taken under escort to a courthouse. A federal judge and social worker tell her they have proof, based on a blood test, that her real name is Sofia Lombardi and she is the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Cristina grows panicky and demands a chance to talk to her parents, but the judge forbids it. Instead he introduces her to her birth grandmother, Elisa. Cristina bolts from the room and runs. Under the law, however, her foster parents -- who begin to appear in a more sinister light -- cannot see her without the judge's permission. She's forced to move in with Elisa, a kind and cultured woman who has been searching for her since she was born. Though Cristina feels no ties to her new family, she slowly begins to question her identity, and continues to search to find out the truth about her birth and her parents' fate.
Director
Gaston Biraben
Cast
Barbara Lombardo
Mercedes Funes
Susana Campos
Hugo Arana
Osvaldo Santoro
Silvia Bayle
Lidia Catalano
Crew
Marcelo Altmark
Gaston Biraben
Gaston Biraben
Jose Luis Castineira De Dios
Tammis Chandler
Tammis Chandler
Romina Del Prete
Maria Ibanez Lago
Abel Penalba
Nora Spivak
Carlos Torlaschi
Raul Tosso
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, January 8-19, 2004.
Released in United States 2004
Released in United States Fall November 10, 2006
Released in United States January 2004
Released in United States on Video September 11, 2007
Shown at New Directors/New Films series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 24 - April 4, 2004.
Shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, January 8-19, 2004.
Feature directorial debut for Gaston Biraben.
Released in United States 2004 (Shown at New Directors/New Films series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center March 24 - April 4, 2004.)
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, January 8-19, 2004.)
Released in United States on Video September 11, 2007
Released in United States Fall November 10, 2006 (NY)
