Captive

An Argentine dramatic television miniseries co-produced by TNT and FLOW. It follows the life of a nun who, after fifteen years, manages to escape from a cloistered convent where she was a victim of psychological abuse and held against her will. Starring Carolina Kopelioff, Lorena Vega, Rita Cortese, and Julieta Zylberberg.

Captive (2026) is an Argentine dramatic miniseries created by Paula Hernández and Jazmín Stuart for TNT Latin America, produced with FLOW and Aleph. Across six roughly 39-minute episodes, Carolina Kopelioff plays Clara Barbosa, a woman who becomes Hermana María Teresa de la Eucaristía, a nun held for fifteen years inside a cloistered convent where she endured psychological abuse. The engine of the story is her attempt to break free and to reckon with the family and the world that continue without her. Lorena Vega plays Priora Cecilia, the convent's prioress, whose authority presses on every move Clara makes, while Rita Cortese plays Madre Aurora and Julieta Zylberberg plays Martina Robles, figures tied to Clara's outside life. Each episode weighs the claustrophobic institutional pressure inside the walls against the disorienting freedom outside, building a dread-tinged, intimate account of survival and identity. The structure moves between the present escape and the past that shaped it, giving the miniseries a serialized, character-driven shape told in one complete run. Tone is tense, sombre and emotionally raw, closer in register to a Latin American prestige drama than to a conventional procedural. Fans of The Magdalene Sisters and The Handmaid's Tale will find resonance in its portrait of women reclaiming selfhood from coercive institutions.

• The Magdalene Sistersshared tones of confinement, institutional abuse and a survivor's escape, drama with crime undertones
• Escape at Dannemorashared subgenre of survivor-centered dramatic thriller about coercive religious control
• The Handmaid's Taleshared themes of female resistance against institutional power and psychological captivity

Created by

Paula Hernández, Jazmín Stuart

Release Date

2026-09-18

Episode runtime

39 min

Rating

7.2 / 10 (22)

What is Captive about?

A nun escapes a cloistered convent after fifteen years of psychological abuse and must confront the life she left behind.

What is Captive like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Captive as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Captive violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Captive as mild.

Which shows are like Captive?

Shows with a similar feel include The Magdalene Sisters, Escape at Dannemora, and The Handmaid's Tale.

How long is Captive?

Captive: 1 season, 6 episodes.

Is Captive still running?

No, Captive has ended.

Where can I watch Captive?

In United States, Captive streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.