Captive (2008 Film)

''Captive'' () is a 2008 Russian-Bulgarian film by Alexei Uchitel on the novel by Vladimir Makanin, ''Caucasian Captive''. The working title of the film was also ''Caucasian Captive''.«Пленный» Алексея Учителя поедет на фестиваль в Карловы Вары
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Premiere of the film took place September 5, 2008 in St. Petersburg.
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Plot

The film takes place in the summer of 2000, during the Chechen War. Two Russian soldiers are instructed to call for help for the army column that fell under fire and left unattended. During the assignment, they take a prisoner of the Chechen youth Jamal. Apparently unadapted for the burdens of war, the young man evokes sympathy from the elder of the soldiers, Rubakhin. As a result of a failed exchange of prisoners of war in a Chechen village, soldiers are forced to hide in thickets surrounded by companies of militants seeking Jamal, and Rubakhin is forced to strangle a Chechen boy to stop his attempts to attract attention.

Awards and nominations

Among other awards and nominations in international film festivals, the film was nominated for the Crystal Globe at the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Alexei Uchitel won the Best Director Award for it.

See also

* Prisoner of the Mountains

References

External links

Captive
at the Internet Movie Database
* Victor Matizen, Пленный (Captive). Алексей Ефимович Учитель, 2008 (рецензия) /
Редакционные рецензии ''Синематеки''
— November 17, 2008.

2008 films
2000s war drama films
Russian war drama films
Russian-language war drama films
Bulgarian drama films
Prisoner of war films
Chechen wars films
Films scored by Leonid Desyatnikov
Films directed by Alexei Uchitel
2000s Russian films
2000s Russian-language films
Chechen-language films
Russian action drama films
2008 action drama films
Russian-language action drama films

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