JENNIFER WEISS

THE CAPTIVE (2014)
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Mireille Enos, Rosario Dawson, Scott Speedman and Alexia Fast. Directed by Atom Egoyan.

Matthew, a doting father and husband, leaves his sleeping daughter alone in his truck while he ducks into a roadside diner. When he returns, she is gone. His life is virtually destroyed. Struggling under the weight of guilt, his marriage breaks down and he is suddenly suspected of involvement. Through it all, he never loses hope that he’ll find his missing child. It is eight years later that, with the help of local police, a girl who matches his daughter’s description is sighted on the internet. With his daughter found to be held captive, and her whereabouts unknown, Matthew is in a race against time to save her.

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