• Director(s)

    Chantal Akerman

  • Production Year

    2000

  • Release date

    07/02/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    118m

  • Cast

    Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy

Film

La Captive

strong sex, nudity, domestic abuse

This unsettling French-language drama in which an insecure man has an obsessional relationship with a woman explores themes of power, control and desire. It contains fetishistic sexual activity and abusive behaviour.…

This unsettling French-language drama in which an insecure man has an obsessional relationship with a woman explores themes of power, control and desire. It contains fetishistic sexual activity and abusive behaviour.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

sex

discrimination

suicide and self-harm

nudity

dangerous behaviour

language

  • Director(s)

    Chantal Akerman

  • Production Year

    2000

  • Release date

    07/02/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    118m

  • Cast

    Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy

strong sex, nudity, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
04/12/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
British Film Institute
violence
A character displays controlling behaviour throughout his relationship with his female partner.
threat and horror
There are prolonged scenes in which an obsessed man stalks a woman.
sex
A clothed man thrusts against his clothed female partner whilst she feigns sleep. One of these scenes contains brief sexualised nudity. A man procures the services of a sex worker; however, he does not have sex with her. There are also verbal sex references.
discrimination
There is a brief indirect discriminatory reference ('gypsy'). However, discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
suicide and self-harm
In a sequence featuring limited detail, it is implied that a person takes their own life.
nudity
A sexually aroused man reaches towards a screen as his naked female partner steps out of a bath.
dangerous behaviour
A couple kiss whilst in a moving vehicle, and the car briefly swerves across the road.
Contains moderate sex
Classified Date:
29/11/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified Date:
06/11/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified Date:
25/04/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

  • Classified date

    04/12/2024

  • Language

    French