Cautiva

Cautiva

A whole life ahead. A whole past to face.

Directed by Gaston Biraben

2004115 min6.7 / 10

A haunting identity-crisis drama rooted in Argentina's dirty war, where a young woman must reconcile her sheltered past with the traumatic historical truth of her origins.

Cristina's life is thrown into turmoil when she is suddenly escorted from her strict Catholic school in Buenos Aires and told that she is really Sofía Lombardi, the daughter of activists who disappeared in the '70s. Questioning everything she once thought true, Cristina embarks on a journey to find her true identity. Meeting others like herself, the young girl soon discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina's relatively recent past and the nightmare that claimed tens of thousands of lives during the country's "dirty war."

Questions people ask

  • Is Cautiva sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Cautiva easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Cautiva violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Cautiva end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Cautiva scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

37/ 100

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