Caged | |
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Directed by | Yann Gozlan |
Produced by | Alain Benguigui Thomas Verhaeghe |
Written by | Yann Gozlan Guillaume Lemans |
Starring |
Zoe Felix Eric Savin Arie Elmaleh Ivan Franek Igor Skreblin |
Music by | Guillaume Feyler |
Cinematography | Vincent Mathias |
Edited by | Gregoire Sivan |
Production
company |
Sombrero Productions
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Distributed by | Bac Films |
Release date
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Running time
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83 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Caged (French: Captifs) is a 2010 French horror film directed and co-written by Yann Gozlan and it is based on a true story. The film is about a woman named Carole who is traumatized after seeing her friend Laura being killed by a dog twenty years ago. Carole works as an aid worker in former Yugoslavia and begins to leave from Kosovo with two co-workers, when she is kidnapped by an Albanian gang of masked men who deal with human organ trafficking.
Caged was shown at Fantasy Filmfest on August 20, 2010. It was also shown in competition at the 2010 Sitges Film Festival.Caged did not have strong box office returns in Europe.
Le Monde gave the film one star out of four noting that the captives are no more sympathetic than their torturers.L'Express gave the film one star out of four calling it a "predictable thriller".Paris Match gave the film two stars praising the film's star Zoe Felix.Chronic'art gave the film a one star rating, noting that the pace of the film is lost but praised the Felix's acting.