Alejandro Amenábar’s Miguel de Cervantes Origin Story ‘The Captive’ to Be Launched at European Film Market by Film Constellation (EXCLUSIVE)

By Leo Barraclough
January 30, 2024

Principal photography is set to begin in April on “The Captive” (“El Cautivo”), the period adventure epic from Alejandro Amenábar, whose “The Sea Inside” won an Oscar for best foreign language film. Film Constellation has boarded worldwide sales, and will introduce the project to buyers at the European Film Market.

The film centers on the origin story of Miguel de Cervantes, the author of the iconic novel “Don Quixote.” At the age of 28, Cervantes was taken captive by the Moors in Algiers, leading to his creative birth.

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