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Brillante Mendoza Discusses Working With Isabelle Huppert On 'Captive' & His Smaller-Scale, Manila-Set Next Project

  • By Jessica Kiang
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  • February 17, 2012 1:34 PM
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Brillante Mendoza has a killer work ethic: the Filipino director made nine films between 2005's "Masahista" and 2009's "Lola," the latter of which, along with Cannes in-competition entry "Kinatay" the same year, really launched him into the major leagues of international helmers. He's taken an uncharacteristic two-and-a-half year break, but returned this week at the Berlin Film Festival with "Captive," a gripping, Herzogian drama that should see him reach his widest audience yet, thanks to the presence of international star Isabelle Huppert.
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More: Brillante Mendoza, Captive, Captured, Isabelle Huppert, Berlin International Film Festival, Interviews

Watch: 3 Clips From Brillante Mendoza's Hostage-Thriller 'Captive' Starring Isabelle Huppert

  • By Simon Dang
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  • February 13, 2012 11:02 AM
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  • 0 Comments
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Festival scene regular Brillante Mendoza is certainly a divisive filmmaker with his shaky-cam, documentary-like sensibilities. Like Hong Sang-soo has evidently uncovered, if you're a filmmaker who frequents Cannes with success, you're likely to catch the eyes of French-thesp Isabelle Huppert who's starring in the helmer's latest effort, "Captive."
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More: Isabelle Huppert, Brillante Mendoza, Captured

First Look At Isabelle Huppert In Brillante Mendoza's 'Captured'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 3, 2012 1:04 PM
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  • 2 Comments
News
It was about a year ago that speculation first cropped up that controversial helmer Brillante Mendoza -- who won a divisive Best Director award at Cannes for his audience-splitting "Kinatay" -- would return to the Croisette with his latest effort, "Captured." The film was apparently in post-production and headed to the finish line...and then word went quiet.
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More: Captured, Isabelle Huppert

Snubbed? Who's Missing In The 2011 Cannes Line-Up?

  • By Edward Davis
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  • April 14, 2011 3:04 AM
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  • 22 Comments
As one of the most highly anticipated film festivals on the planet -- the Olympics of cinema as it were -- each spring the looming arrival of the Cannes Film Festival line-up brings with it a near feeding frenzy of anticipation (except for those actually awaiting the summer tentpole season).
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More: Films, Foreign Films, Foreign Directors, Wong Kar-wai, Alexander Payne, The Grandmaster, The Descendants, These Two, Alps, Captured, Michael Haneke, Yorgos Lanthimos, Brillante Mendoza, Love

Brillante Mendoza's 'Captured' Starring Isabelle Huppert Headed To Cannes?

  • By Simon Dang
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  • March 30, 2011 1:16 AM
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  • 2 Comments
It's that time of year again when every man and his dog is speculating about what will and what won't show up at the Croisette.
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More: Actresses, Foreign Films, Foreign Directors, Isabelle Huppert , Captured, Brillante Mendoza

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