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The Captive (2025) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2025 · 134 mins · Spanish
- Echo score 72
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- Directed by
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Starring
- Julio Peña, Roberto Álamo, José Manuel Poga, Luis Callejo, Alessandro Borghi, Jorge Asín
- Budget
- $10.7M
In 1575, a young Miguel de Cervantes—who would later write Don Quixote—is seized by Barbary pirates and taken to Algiers as a hostage. With a cruel death looming unless his family can raise his ransom, he seeks refuge in storytelling, using his imagination to endure the harsh captivity.
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