Premiere
12
Sep2025
Box office
Budget$11M
About
Synopsis
The Captive (El cautivo, 2025) — watch online on iFILM. Spanish-Italian historical drama from director Alejandro Amenábar, starring Julio Peña as the young Miguel de Cervantes. The story opens in September 1575, when Barbary pirates seize Cervantes on the sea route from Naples and drag him to Algiers. His family has no money for the ransom.
Hassan Pasha — played by Alessandro Borghi — runs a brutal operation with thousands of captives. Cervantes spends years waiting for a rescue that keeps not coming. To keep his mind intact, he tells stories. Then he starts plotting an escape. The 134-minute film traces exactly how captivity turned a soldier into the writer who would later create Don Quixote. Stream The Captive (2025) in full on iFILM.
Cast
Starring
Julio Peña
Miguel
Alessandro Borghi
Hasán Bajá
Miguel Rellán
Antonio de Sosa
Fernando Tejero
Blanco de Paz
Luis Callejo
Dorador
José Manuel Poga
Diego Castañeda
Roberto Álamo
Abderramán
Albert Salazar
Beltrán
Juanma Muniagurria
Aguilar
César Saratxu
Friar Juan Gil
Jorge Asín
Friar Antón
Mohamed Said
Guard Muley
Walid Charaf
Guard Alí
Luna Berroa
Zoraida
Khaled Kouka
Agí Morato
Julien Paschal
André
Thomas King
Privateer Arnaut
Daniel Carrión
Transeúnte 2
Alejandro Amenábar
crew
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