Captives is a 1994 romantic crime drama film

Drama film

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 directed by Angela Pope. It stars Julia Ormond

Julia Ormond

Julia Karin Ormond is an English actress who has appeared in film and television and on stage.-Early life and education:...

, Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Simon Timothy "Tim" Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films,Legend of 1900, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Skellig, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for...

 and Keith Allen. The picture was selected as the opening film in the Venetian Nights section of the 1994 Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

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, in addition to its selection for Gala Presentation at the 1994 Toronto Film Festival.

Plot

A young dentist (Ormond) working in a British

United Kingdom

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 prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate (Roth) after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him.

Cast

• Julia Ormond
  Julia Ormond
  Julia Karin Ormond is an English actress who has appeared in film and television and on stage.-Early life and education:...
  
   as Rachel Clifford
• Tim Roth
  Tim Roth
  Simon Timothy "Tim" Roth is an English film actor and director best known for his roles in the American films,Legend of 1900, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Skellig, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk and Rob Roy, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for...
  
   as Philip Chaney
• Keith Allen as Lenny
• Mark Strong
  Mark Strong
  Mark Strong is an English actor, with a body of work in both films and television. He has performed in films as varied as Body of Lies, Syriana, The Young Victoria, Sherlock Holmes, RocknRolla, Stardust, and Kick-Ass...
  
   as Kenny
• Siobhan Redmond
  Siobhan Redmond
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   as Sue
• Peter Capaldi
  Peter Capaldi
  Peter Dougan Capaldi is an Academy Award and BAFTA award winning Scottish actor and film director. In 1995, his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film...
  
   as Simon
• Colin Salmon
  Colin Salmon
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   as Towler
• Richard Hawley
  Richard Hawley
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   as Sexton
• Annette Badland
  Annette Badland
  Annette Badland is an English actress best known for her work in children's television.-Biography:Her training took place at East 15 Acting School, London...
  
   as Maggie
• Jeff Nuttall
  Jeff Nuttall
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   as Harold
• Kenneth Cope
  Kenneth Cope
  Kenneth Cope is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as Marty Hopkirk in Randall and Hopkirk , Jed Stone in Coronation Street and Ray Hilton in Brookside.- Career :...
  
   as Dr. Hockley
• Bill Moody
  Bill Moody
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   as Surgery Officer
• Nathan Dambuza as Moses
• Christina Collingridge as Katie
• Victoria Scarborough as Dental Nurse
• Anthony Keirnan as Blackie