A Woman Captured Explained

A Woman Captured
Director:Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
Producer:Julianna Ugrin, Viki Reka Kiss
Music:Csaba Kalotás
Editing:Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
Runtime:89 minutes
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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Woman Captured flying to SUNDANCE in 2018 - dok.incubator. 15 December 2017. 2018-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311231712/http://dokincubator.net/woman-captured-flying-sundance-2018/. 2018-03-11. live.
  2. Web site: EXCLUSIVE: IDFA Feature-Length Competition entry A Woman Captured reveals trailer.
  3. Web site: "Modern-Day Slavery is Happening in our Neighborhood….": Bernadett Tuza-Ritter on her Sundance Debut Feature, A Woman Captured | Filmmaker Magazine. 19 January 2018.
  4. Web site: A Woman Captured. www.imdb.com.
  5. Web site: European Film Awards 2018 Nominees | the Film Magazine. 12 November 2018.