Captive (1986)

Curiosidades

Captive is a 1986 Anglo-French cinema film loosely based on the experiences of American actress Patty Hearst.

Production

Paul Mayersberg was a writer whose credits included several films with Nic Roeg. He said "I deliberately chose a familiar subject so you thought you knew what would happen next. That allowed more freedom from narrative concerns... The script is only a transcript of a dream."

Filming took place in late 1985 under the title Heroine with finance coming from several sources, including Virgin Films, and French companies. Filming took six weeks. Post production took place in Paris.

The film was Mike Southern's first as cinematographer. He recalled Mayersberg "was intense, intellectual and gave me a lot of aesthetic space to work in despite me being a newcomer to movies."

Mayersberg said the film was "only English in the sense it's being made in England's green and pleasant land. It reflects English values, such as a quality of reserve, to the extent that I possess them myself."

Four of the main actors were novices - two being French and one Japanese. "I chose them because I liked the idea of a weird family whose only shared language was emotional," Mayersberg declared.

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