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‘The Captive,’ From ‘The Others’ Director Alejandro Amenábar, Initiates Principal Photography, Drops First-Look Still (EXCLUSIVE)
Starring ‘Berlin’s’ Julio Peña, the film turns on Miguel de Cervantes, held captive by Ottoman corsairs, discovering his literary calling.
Principal photography has begun on “The Captive,” a historical epic from “The Others’” Alejandro Amenábar, starring Julio Peña(“Berlin”) as “Don Quixote” author Miguel de Cervantes, a prisoner of Ottoman corsairs, seen in a very first still from the film, alongside Alessandro Borghi (“Suburra”), playing his captor, which has been shared in exclusivity with Variety. “Faced with a ticking clock, a cruel death awaits him should his fellow countrymen fail to pay his ransom soon; but within the confines of his cell, Cervantes discovers a surprising refuge – the art of storytelling,” the synopsis runs. The budget is seen in the care of the costume design, from Nicoletta Taranta (“A Chiara,” “Rose Island”), across-the-board production values being a large virtue of Amenábar’s last feature, the Spanish Civil War-set “While at War.”
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