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El cautivo
2025 | B/N | 134:00
Algiers, 1575. Miguel de Cervantes, a 28-year-old wounded soldier in the Spanish Navy and future author of Don Quixote, is taken prisoner by Ottoman corsairs.

Country: España, Italia
Direction: Amenábar; Alejandro
Script: Amenábar; Alejandro
Production: Bovaira; Fernando, Errazquin; Urko, Marzotto; Marina Alessandra
Photography: Catalán; Alex
Sound: Gutiérrez; Gabriel
Music: Amenábar; Alejandro
Cast:Borghi; Alessandro, Peña; Julio, Álamo; Roberto, Poga; José Manuel, Tejero; Fernando
Art direction: de Gaspar; Juan Pedro
Participation year at FICM: 2025

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