When Ahab's mother dies in childbirth, the infant's gruff father places his son in the care of his pious aunt. It is Rose who sparks the imagination of the young boy by teaching him to read the Bible, though when Ahab is reclaimed by his father a decade later the growing boy strives to become a hunter like his old man. Later, after Ahab warms to his father's lover Louise, the old man dies and the boy is sent back to his God-fearing aunt. Rejecting Rose and her abusive husband Henry's unforginv brand of discipline and infuriated that his aunt confiscated the locket given to him by Louise, young Ahab boldly stages his own kidnapping as an ingenious escape plan.
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Denis Lavant
Capitaine Achab
Known for
Holy Motors
Beau Travail
Virgil Leclaire
Achab enfant
Known for
Raw
Le Brio
Dominique Blanc
Anna
Known for
A Cat in Paris
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Jacques Bonnaffé
Starbuck
Known for
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Jean-François Stévenin
Le père d'Achab
Known for
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Small Change
Philippe Ramos Director · Herman Melville Author
First release February 13, 2008 · Produced in France, Sweden · Original title Capitaine Achab
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France · Sweden
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Original title
Capitaine Achab
Original language
French
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French
Release dates
France · February 13, 2008
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