A Woman Captured
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| Directed by | Bernadett Tuza-Ritter |
| Produced by | Julianna Ugrin, Viki Reka Kiss |
| Edited by | Bernadett Tuza-Ritter |
| Music by | Csaba Kalotás |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
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| Language | Hungarian |
A Woman Captured (Hungarian: Egy nő fogságban) is a 2017 Hungarian documentary film directed by Bernadett Tuza-Ritter about a woman who is kept as a domestic slave in Europe. It was the first Hungarian feature-length documentary to compete at the Sundance Film Festival.[1]
Overview
[edit]The film follows Marish, a 52-year-old woman in Hungary who is kept as a modern-day slave. She decides to escape the oppression and become free again.[2]
Release and critical reception
[edit]A Woman Captured had its world premiere at the International Feature-Length Competition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam on 19 November 2017. Later it competed at Sundance,[3] where it was nominated for Grand Jury Prize, and won the award for the Best Documentary at the Athens International Film Festival.[4] The film was one of the five nominees for the 2018 European Film Award for Best Documentary.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "A Woman Captured flying to SUNDANCE in 2018 - dok.incubator". 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: IDFA Feature-Length Competition entry A Woman Captured reveals trailer".
- ^ ""Modern-Day Slavery is Happening in our Neighborhood….": Bernadett Tuza-Ritter on her Sundance Debut Feature, A Woman Captured | Filmmaker Magazine". 19 January 2018.
- ^ "A Woman Captured" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "European Film Awards 2018 Nominees | the Film Magazine". 12 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- A Woman Captured at IMDb
- Phillips, Charlie (9 June 2018). "A Woman Captured review – brave and up-close story of modern slavery". The Guardian.
- July, Beandrea. "Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Bernadett Tuza-Ritter— "A Woman Captured"". Women and Hollywood. Retrieved 28 December 2018.