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Caged is a 2010 French horror film directed and co-written by Yann Gozlan. The film is about a woman named Carole who is traumatized after seeing her friend Laura being killed by a dog twenty years ago. Carole works as an aid worker in former Yugoslavia and begins to leave for Kosovo
with two co-workers when she is kidnapped by a gang of masked albanian men who deal with human organ trafficking.
gave a generally favorable praising the cinematography and the acting of Zoe Felix
saying "the majority of the pic, if not highly original, then mostly watchable and thankfully less gory than the norm." In France, the film received generally negative reviews. Le Monde
gave the film one star out of four noting that the captives are no more sympathetic than their torturers. L'Express
gave the film one star out of four calling it a "predictable thriller". Paris Match
gave the film two stars praising the film's star Zoe Felix
. Chronic'art gave the film a one star rating, noting that the pace of the film is lost but praised the Felix's acting.
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
with two co-workers when she is kidnapped by a gang of masked albanian men who deal with human organ trafficking.
Cast
- Zoe Felix
- Eric Savin
- Arie Elmaleh
- Ivan Franek
- Igor Skreblin
- Margaux Guenier
- Philippe Krhajac
- Jana Bitternova
- Clara Barbosa
- Typhaine Hilaire
- Thais Fischer
- Goran Kostic
- Eric Kailey
- Sacha Mijovic
Release
Caged was shown at Fantasy Filmfest on August 20, 2010. It was also shown in competition at the 2010 Sitges Film Festival. Caged did not have strong box office returns in Europe.Reception
VarietyVariety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
gave a generally favorable praising the cinematography and the acting of Zoe Felix
Zoé Félix
Zoé Félix is a French actress.-Acting career:She was discovered by an agent at the age of 17 in a bus. Two years after, she decided to contact the agent to find little acting jobs in order to pay her studies at the Beaux-Arts. She attended the Beaux-Arts for two years.-Movie:Finally she got the...
saying "the majority of the pic, if not highly original, then mostly watchable and thankfully less gory than the norm." In France, the film received generally negative reviews. Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
gave the film one star out of four noting that the captives are no more sympathetic than their torturers. L'Express
L'Express (France)
L'Express is a French weekly news magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the US magazine TIME.-History:...
gave the film one star out of four calling it a "predictable thriller". Paris Match
Paris Match
Paris Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
gave the film two stars praising the film's star Zoe Felix
Zoé Félix
Zoé Félix is a French actress.-Acting career:She was discovered by an agent at the age of 17 in a bus. Two years after, she decided to contact the agent to find little acting jobs in order to pay her studies at the Beaux-Arts. She attended the Beaux-Arts for two years.-Movie:Finally she got the...
. Chronic'art gave the film a one star rating, noting that the pace of the film is lost but praised the Felix's acting.