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KIDNAPPED (Miguel Angel Vivas/Spain)A Miguel Angel Vivas filmScreenplay : Miguel Angel Vivas & Javier GarciaCast : Guillermo Barrientos, Dritan Biba, Fernando Cayo, Cesar Diaz, Martijn Kuiper, Manuela Velles, Ana Wagener, Xoel YanezRunning time : 90 minutesA wireless alarm system costs between 50 and 900 Euro; a door code can be asmuch as 200 Euro; a steel security door might cost up to 5000 Euro. It’s expensive,but 80% of breaking and entering takes place through the front door. A 500,000 volttaser could be found for less than 100 Euro on the Internet, the price of a “new orsecond-hand” (sic) Rottweiler fluctuates between 200 and 800 Euros and feedsitself mostly with the poodles of the neighbourhood. Life, on the other hand, ispriceless…That’s what a family from Madrid will discover when they are held prisoner in theirnew house by three criminals: a robber, a rapist and a killerThey are there for themoney, but they don’t know the easy way and turn violence into a language of itsownThe producers of “Cell 211” are definitely astute at striking a decisive blow! Thesecond full-length feature from Miguel Angel Vivas, “Kidnapped” hits the ground running with an openingsequence that is nothing less than a pure rush of adrenalin. Inspired by several news items full of unbearableviolence, this cinematographic tour de force was completed in twelve shots, refusing to fictionalize the storyor reassuring the viewer: Angel Vivas forces the audience to be the witness of an everyday nightmare.Check the doors when you come home…LA PROIE (Eric Valette/France)An Eric Valette filmScreenplay: Luc Bossi & Laurent TurnerCast: Albert Dupontel, Stéphane Debac, Natacha Régnier, Sergi Lopez, Alice Taglioni, Olivier Schneider, Serge Hazanavicius,Zinedine Soualem, Jean-Marie Winling, Stéphane Girondeaud, François Hatt, Caterina MurinoRunning time: 142 min.Burglar Franck has ended up in jail because his accomplice snitched on him andgot away with the loot. He still has a few months to go before he can see his wifeand child again and get some payback from the bastard. But the guy’s taken hisprecautions and sends him a picture of his wife and kid. The message is clear.Franck asks his cellmate Maurel, a small-time crook who’s soon going to bereleased because of a judicial error, to warn his family. Big mistake ! The manturns out to be a notorious serial killer. Franck has no other choice but to escape.But once he’s outside, there’s no trace to be found of his wife and kid. And Maurelmakes sure that Franck gets the blame for all his heinous crimes. To prove hisinnocence, he has to find the killer while France’s entire police force is hot on hisheels.French director Eric Valette has been quite busy since we presented his longfeature debut Maléfique at the BIFFF 2003. After an excursion to Hollywood with the J-Horror remake OneMissed Call, he realized the French political thriller Une affaire d’état and the monster pic Hybrid. Now he’sback in Brussels with an explosive action thriller. La Proie (the prey), somewhere half-between Cell 211 andThe Fugitive, is overflowing with testosterone and is mercilessly efficient. Albert Dupontel (Irreversible,Chrysalis) stars as public enemy number one. Stéphane Debac (Stranded, Fashion Victim) is the diabolicMaurel. They’re supported by Alice Taglioni (The Valet), Sergi Lopez (Harry Is Here To Help) and our veryown Natacha Régnier (The Dreamlife of Angels).28