A Woman Captured

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]

A Woman Captured
Directed byBernadett Tuza-Ritter
Produced byJulianna Ugrin, Viki Reka Kiss
Music byCsaba Kalotás
Edited byBernadett Tuza-Ritter
Production
companies
  • Éclipse Film
  • Corso Film
Release date
  • 19 November 2017 (2017-11-19) (IDFA)
Running time
89 minutes
Country
  • Hungary
LanguageHungarian

Overview

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

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

References
  1. "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.
  2. "EXCLUSIVE: IDFA Feature-Length Competition entry A Woman Captured reveals trailer".
  3. https://filmmakermagazine.com/104169-modern-day-slavery-is-happening-in-our-neighborhood-bernadett-tuza-ritter-on-her-sundance-debut-feature-a-woman-captured/#.XCYzj06YWV4
  4. "A Woman Captured" – via www.imdb.com.
  5. https://www.thefilmagazine.com/european-film-awards-2018-nominees/
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