
World Trade Center(2006)
Two police officers struggle to survive when they become trapped beneath the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.



Isabelle Huppert
Thérèse Bourgoine

Maria Isabel Lopez
Marianne Agudo Pineda

Mercedes Cabral
Emma Policarpio
Katherine Mulville
Sophie Bernstein
Marc Zanetta
John Bernstein

Sid Lucero
Abu Mokhif

Rustica Carpio
Soledad

Timothy Castillo
Ahmed

Raymond Bagatsing
Abu Saiyed

Coco Martin
Abusama
Captive is a drama, thriller film released in 2012 exploring themes of kidnapping, based on true story, philippines, 9/11, separatists. Directed by Brillante Ma Mendoza, it stars Isabelle Huppert, Maria Isabel Lopez, Mercedes Cabral. A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.
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