The Captive
“Freely inspired by Proust's "La Prisonnière" ("Remembrance of Things Past" vol.5).”
DramaRomance
Ariane lives in Simon's large Parisian apartment. He wants to know everything from her, follows her, has her accompanied for her trips and constantly interrogates her. Knowing her taste for women and her double life only exacerbates his suffering, his helplessness, and his desire for her.
VIBE
A suffocating descent into possessive love and paranoia. This film feels like a fever dream, trapping you in the suffocating grip of obsession and unravelling desire. It's a haunting exploration of a love that consumes.
intenseobsessiveclaustrophobicmelancholicdesperateslow-burnarthousepsychological dramacharacter studyEuropean cinemaobsessionloveparanoiadesireself-destruction
hotelfriendshipparisfrancebased on novel or booklove triangleself-destructionsexualityobsessionparanoialoverlovememorycaptivedesireillnesswoman director
