1999年，第二次车臣爆发，无论处于何种目的，然战火所到之地，生灵涂炭，凄惨荒凉。
年事已高的俄罗斯老妇人亚力山娜（Galina Vishnevskaya 加利娜•维希涅夫斯卡娅 饰）独自踏上路程，从家乡远赴车臣的军营探望7年未见的孙子丹尼斯（Vasily Shevtsov 饰）。丹尼斯如今已荣升为陆军军官，祖孙俩情深意笃，却无法回避岁月和理念所产生出来的隔膜。亚力山娜独自步出军营，放眼望去，满眼尽是破败和凄凉……
本片荣获2008年Fajr电影节最佳表演奖（Galina Vishnevskaya）。

电影提名09年度俄罗斯奥斯卡（尼卡奖）最佳电影。
Based on Vladimir Makanin's The Prisoner from the Caucasus CAPTIVE focuses on the folly of war in an intimate, startling way. In modern times, the Russian soldiers are trapped in the vast Chechen landscape, stifling in the heat, lost in hostile, alien surrounds. The handsome, laconic commander Rubakhin and the playful sniper Vovka need a guide to lead their convoy to safety. They seize a local, beautiful boy, who becomes their passport to safety, but must pay a terrible price. And his captors will not escape from the incident unscathed either....