favoritemovies.ws Loosely based on the real-life kidnapping of Baron Édouard-Jean Empain in 1978, Rapt shows the downfall of rich industrialist Stanislas Graff (Yvan Attal, Munich, Rush Hour 3, The Interpreter). Graff is kidnapped by a group of criminals determined to get a ransom. Brutally mutilated, humiliated by his captors, Graff patiently waits for his wife Françoise (Anne Consigny, Wild Grass, I Am Not Here to Be Loved (COL•COA 2006), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and his associates to pay the ransom. Outside, his world collapses as the press reveals a double life he had successfully kept private lavish parties, mistresses, gambling debts. COLCOA / Saturday April 24 at 5:30 pm West Coast Premiere In French with English subtitles Written and directed by: Lucas Belvaux Cinematography by: Pierre Milon Editing by: Danielle Anezin Music by: Riccardo Del Fra Produced by: Patrick Sobelman Production Company: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo Coproduction: Entre Chien et Loup - Belgique, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française, Ateliers de Baere, France 3 Cinéma As an actor, LUCAS BELVAUX has worked with some of the greatest directors: Losey (The Trout), Zulawski (La Femme Publique), Chabrol (Madame Bovary), Rivette (Wuthering Heights), Assayas (Disorder) and most recently Robert Guédiguian in The Army of Crime. He wrote and directed his first movie in 1992, the critically acclaimed Parfois trop d’amour. After a second feature, the hit comedy Just For a ...