In English, when we say, "He was DISAPPEARED", we are using a term that came into English from Spanish. Over the past decades, countless thousands have suffered this fate
in many South and Central American countries.
CAUTIVA offers us a genuinely fresh take on this truly somber subject. We see the problem from the perspective of a teenage girl, Cristina Quadri, who one day, without the slightest warning, is yanked out of her class at school and taken to the office of a federal judge. He then proceeds to unravel her world by informing her that her real name is Sofia Lombardi and that her parents were "disappeared" by the dictatorship in power at the time of her birth in 1978.
Furthermore, the people who she has called Mom & Dad her whole life, are, in reality, her abductors! At first, she is completely incredulous. In a most demanding role, Barbara Lombardo delivers an extremely intense and nuanced performance that is nothing short of awesome. To watch her...as she very gradually, step by step, comes to terms with the stark and utter tragedy of her reality, is something very few actors could have done so convincingly!
Cautiva leaves us contemplating just how profoundly life altering the truth can be. The film, of course, is in Spanish, and as to the quality or the accuracy of the subtitles, I'm sorry, but I didn't read them, so I can't give an opinion in relation to that importabt factor.
ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA! 9*********
CAUTIVA offers us a genuinely fresh take on this truly somber subject. We see the problem from the perspective of a teenage girl, Cristina Quadri, who one day, without the slightest warning, is yanked out of her class at school and taken to the office of a federal judge. He then proceeds to unravel her world by informing her that her real name is Sofia Lombardi and that her parents were "disappeared" by the dictatorship in power at the time of her birth in 1978.
Furthermore, the people who she has called Mom & Dad her whole life, are, in reality, her abductors! At first, she is completely incredulous. In a most demanding role, Barbara Lombardo delivers an extremely intense and nuanced performance that is nothing short of awesome. To watch her...as she very gradually, step by step, comes to terms with the stark and utter tragedy of her reality, is something very few actors could have done so convincingly!
Cautiva leaves us contemplating just how profoundly life altering the truth can be. The film, of course, is in Spanish, and as to the quality or the accuracy of the subtitles, I'm sorry, but I didn't read them, so I can't give an opinion in relation to that importabt factor.
ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA! 9*********