Few stories have affected canon of Western story More than Miguel de Cervante’s “Don Quixote”, but its writer has never been given his own moment in the cinematic limelight. That changes this fall with Alejandro Amenábar’s new film “That prisoner“As follows Cervantes as a 28-year-old sailor in the Spanish Navy who discovers his love for stories while he is limited as a prisoner of war. The film will have his World premiere at the Toronto International Film FestivalAnd Indieview can exclusively reveal its new trailer.
An official synopsis for the film reads: “1575-Alger, Miguel de Cervantes (Julio Peña), a wounded 28-year-old Spanish Marine, is held prisoner by Ottoman Corsair. A cruel death he himself if his compatriots do not pay. And Hope, his stories, his stories (prisoners and capture the attention and capture the attention and capture his stories and capture his stories and capture his stories and capture his stories. Bey of algae, which ignites a secret affinity between prisoners and prisoners.
“The Captive” is written and directed by Alexander Alenabar. The movie Stars Julio Peña, Alessandro Borghi, Miguel Rellan, Fernando Tejero, Luis Street, José Manuel Poga, Roberto Artoo, Albert Salazar, Juanma Muniaguria, César Sarachu and Jorge Asin.
“The Captive” marks Amenábar’s 11th feature film as director and his first since 2019 “Whoould at War.” That movie seems to share some DNA with “The Captive”, as they both explore how traumatic events in Spanish history shaped the lives of one of the country’s most famous intellectuals, with “while in war” explored the author and philosopher Miguel de Unamuno during the Spanish Civil War. The Chilean-Spanish director has worked in a variety of genres during his three decades career, and IndieWires David Ehrlich made the case in 2023 That his movie “The Others” deserves to be remembered as one of the cinema’s best ghost stories.
Look at the trailer for “The Captive”, an exclusive indifire, below.
