La captive The captive / [videorecording] =
a Gemini Films, Arte FranceCinema and Paradise Films coproduction with the participation of Canal+, CNC & Gimages 3 ; producer, Paulo Branco ; director, Chantal Akerman ; screenplay, Chantal Akerman/Erik de Kuyper.
- Brooklyn, NY : [France] : Kimstim Inc. ; Gemini Films, c2004.
- 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- KimStim collection .
Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Inspired by the novel by Marcel Proust.
Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy.
Tells the story of Ariane, who lives under her lover Simon's surveillance in a grandiose Parisian apartment. Simon harbours an obsessional need to know everything about her, and imagines that she leads a double life.
BBFC rating: 15.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.