A Woman Captured
2017 film
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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]
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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 |
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]