FILM REVIEW - CAPTIVE

Description:
Based on Vladimir Makanin’s The Prisoner from the
Caucasus CAPTIVE focuses on the folly of war in an
intimate, startling way. In modern times, the russian
soldiers are trapped in the vast Chechen landscape,
stiling in the heat, lost in hostile, alien surrounds. The
handsome, laconic commander rubakhin and the play-
ful sniper Vovka need a guide to lead their convoy to
safety. They seize a local, beautiful boy, who becomes
their passport to safety, but m
Best film-directing on the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary-2008 Bronze Camera 300 at Manaki Brothers IFF The Main Prize for the Best Film and the Dialogue Prize at FilmFestival Cottbus Critic’s Choice award at Russian Resurrection FF in Australia Bely Slon Russian Critic’s Award for Yury Klimenko
Best film-directing on the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary-2008 Bronze Camera 300 at Manaki Brothers IFF The Main Prize for the Best Film and the Dialogue Prize at FilmFestival Cottbus Critic’s Choice award at Russian Resurrection FF in Australia Bely Slon Russian Critic’s Award for Yury Klimenko