The Captive (2014) on Netflix
In Niagara Falls, contractor Matthew Lane leaves his nine-year-old daughter Cassandra in his truck and returns to find her gone. Police doubt his account; his wife Tina blames him.
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Plot summary
Homicide detective Jeffrey Cornwall interviews for a place in the Internet Child Exploitation Unit with Nicole Dunlop; she shows him images from an open case and tells him he will have to look at such material every day. Contractor Matthew Lane collects his nine-year-old daughter Cassandra from figure skating practice and stops for a pie, leaving her in his truck; when he comes back she is gone. Jeffrey and Nicole are assigned to the abduction report and doubt his account, which enrages him; Tina Lane, Cassandra's mother, arrives and turns on him. Eight years later the Lanes are estranged and Tina, who blames him, still meets the police about the case, while Matthew pursues his own search, and incidents suggest Cassandra may be alive.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Captive (2014)
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- Mozart's The Magic Flute is quoted in The Captive and served as the starting point for the screenplay, which Atom Egoyan first titled The Queen of the Night; Egoyan said the abductor Mika sees himself as Sarastro, part of a secret society.
- The Captive is told nonlinearly, with only context distinguishing present-day scenes from flashbacks; although the story spans eight years, every scene was set in winter for dramatic effect.
