# The Captive (2014)

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**Runtime**: 112 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller, Crime
**Directed by**: Atom Egoyan
**Written by**: Atom Egoyan, David Fraser
**Starring**: Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos, Rosario Dawson, Scott Speedman, Kevin Durand, Alexia Fast

> *When hope is all you have.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Snowy highway at dusk a child's mitten lies abandoned 
Estranged couple reunited by cryptic Polaroids 
A haunting mystery unfolds in Egoyan's dark drama.

**Mood tags**: dread, paranoid

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