Atom Egoyan's The Captive (2014)

The movie selection I analysed this week was definitely eclectic. Atom Egoyan’s The Captive (2014) was one of the only ones that gave me food for thought though. What struck me about this story, at the heart of which is a little girl abducted by pedophiles, was the realism. It addressed issues that are rarely explored on screen, namely: technology used against women and girls, pedophile clubs in Canada exchanging pictures over the Internet and the level of organization of these groups. It brought to mind the many news articles I have read about child pornography in Canada since I began writing my book. In Hollywood movies the pedophile/abductor is almost always one man operating alone, however, the reality is that sometimes men work together to sexually abuse girls. 

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