Cleveland Abduction

Cleveland Abduction is a 2015 American crime drama television film directed by Alex Kalymnios from a teleplay written by Stephen Tolkin. Based on the Ariel Castro kidnappings, the film stars Taryn Manning, Raymond Cruz and Joe Morton. It debuted May 2, 2015 on Lifetime.
The film is based on the memoir, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed by Michelle Knight. 
==Plot==
In Cleveland, Ohio, Michelle Knight, a 21-year-old single mother has lost custody of her son, Joey, because of her mother's abusive boyfriend. She continues to file for a job application possessing no high school diploma, hoping to buy a house for just her and Joey. But her life was about to change forever.
On August 23, 2002, Michelle was staying over at her cousin's house waiting for her mother to take her to the courthouse for child custody case, but she neglected to pick her up. Walking on foot, she arrives at a local store where she meets and accepts the ride from Ariel Castro, who is the father of a schoolmate. They take a detour when he offers her a puppy of his at his house at 2207 Seymour Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood. However, the moment Michelle goes upstairs and finds nothing, realizing Castro abducted her, he restrains her and hang up for three days without food. Castro pulled her down the basement and then rapes her. Michelle is told that local authorities believe she had runaway as if she was traumatized from the loss of her son; the police received only a few trips and are reluctant to search for an adult in accordance with their law. Afterward, Castro drags her in a second-floor bedroom and chains her to a wall while sealing the windows. Castro would invite friends, neighbors, and relatives over for loud music playing, but Michelle's efforts in creating attention were in vain. At one point, Castro gave Michelle a real puppy, he later disposes it when he playfully tricked her of being free. Castro worked as a school bus driver until he got fired.
On April 21, 2003, Castro then kidnaps a 17-year-old girl named Amanda Berry. Investigations have opened and offered a $25,000 reward for any information but to no luck. Castro places Amanda and Michelle in separate bedrooms. He sees Amanda as wife material and rapes her. Michelle got impregnated although she had induced miscarriage from Castro's beatings. Finding strength through her belief in God and determined to be reunited with Joey, Michelle refused to be broken down by Castro. At the very least, Castro presents them a spare TV, and notebooks for Michelle.
Michelle watches the news about Georgina "Gina" DeJesus, a 14-year-old middle schooler, who gone missing on April 2, 2004. A vigilant neighbor felt something was happening at Castro's house; however, the cop who responded didn't feel prompted enough to search thoroughly. Castro takes Michelle downstairs finding Gina is a captive too. He has the girls cut each other's hair warning them any possible escape is futile as he installed alarms and noise barriers. Michelle and Gina are confined in the same room. Gina tells she is friends with Castro's daughter Arlene, meaning he used his daughters' connections with the girls to lure them to his house. On the anniversary of Gina's disappearance, Castro shows the girls him playing innocent at a public candlelight vigil along with Gina's mother on television, and he then scolds Michelle that nobody misses her and sexually abuses Gina. Michelle tightly holds Gina's hand to appease her. After 3 years of captivity, news reported Amanda's mother passed away of heart failure. The girls become friends and fellow victims and treat each other as sisters throughout their years in captivity. 
When Amanda became pregnant with Castro's child, it was Michelle who delivered her baby, even performing CPR on the infant girl under the threat of Castro killing her if Amanda's child didn't survive. The child is named Jocelyn. Amanda is made to homeschool Jocelyn in the house and the captives become a tenuous family along with Castro. Despite enduring more than a decade of brutality and captivity, Michelle's spirit would not be broken as her faith in the face of what she once thought would be a hopeless situation was a testament to the human spirit. At age 6, Jocelyn grows suspicious as to why her daddy refuses to allow chance of going outside or talking about the girls, and Castro stresses that his house is in foreclosure due to two years of unpaid property taxes. One night while digging in the backyard, Castro reveals to Michelle he'd face a life of misery in his youth and went insane in kidnapping the girls to relieve his loneliness after his ex-wife and kids left his house. Michelle console him to believe in God he expresses remorse for the first time.
On May 6, 2013, Castro leaves to see his mother and he (neglectfully) left the front door unlock. Jocelyn discovers this and Amanda screams to neighbors, one of them Charles Ramsay, revealing her identity and succeeds in escaping from the house and the police arrive and release the women. Michelle is finally given the chance to reclaim her life after nearly 11 years of captivity. Amanda and Gina ultimately return to their homes while Michelle stays and recovers in a hospital because of a stomach infection. A nurse tells Michelle that her mother has come to visit her, but she refuses to ever see her again (because Castro had Michelle convinced of how the world saw her otherwise). Michelle and Gina, though held against their will, they confirm the deep feelings for each other before parting ways.
Michelle requests Agent Solano to help her reunite with her son; however, Solano delivers word that Joey's foster parents worry of upsetting Joey from any contact with his long-forgotten biological mother. She is given a luxury home and later decided to letting Joey keep his current happiness and think about seeing him when he is an adult. At Castro's trial, he is sentence to life in prison in lieu of death penalty, and Michelle speeches "I can forgive you, but I will never forget." Gina is shown indulging in a family party, Amanda and Jocelyn take joy at an outdoor park, Michelle arrives to witness Castro's house being demolish and she received a picture of Joey from Solano while speaking God bless as she and the spectators let yellow balloons ascend in the sky.
Castro hanged himself in his jail cell one month into his sentence. Michelle's book, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed, describing her experience, her faith, and her survival is an international bestseller and has helped people around the world. Amanda, Gina, and Michelle promise to meet again someday.
==Cast==
*Taryn Manning as Michelle Knight
*Raymond Cruz as Ariel Castro
*Katie Sarife as Gina DeJesus
*Samantha Droke as Amanda Berry
*Pam Grier as Carla
*Joe Morton as Agent Solano
*Jane Mowder as Barbara Knight
*Grace Ransom as Emily Castro
*Kristina Kopf as Social Worker
*Tammy Tsai as Dr. Elaine Chen
*David Manzanares as Michael Santana
*Jim Cantafio as Judge Russo
*Sloane Coombs as Jocelyn Berry
*Kyle McCann as Joey Lee Knight
*Sam Porretta as Felix DeJesus
*Jean Zarzour as Nancy Ruiz, Gina's mother
*Laura Ann Parry as Louwana Miller, Amanda's mother
*Sammy Publes as Carlos
*Carmen Cenko as Lillian Rodriguez, Ariel Castro's mother
*José Antonio García as Onil Castro
*Corey Hendrix as Charles Ramsey
*Rita Gregory as Marina Sandino
*Jeremy Isaiah Earl as Uniformed Cop
*Scott Alan Taylor as News Anchor
*Will Ujek as Newscaster #2
*Peter Carey as Newscaster #3
*Jami Kinton as Newscaster #4
*Cecelia Ann Birt as Vigilant Neighbor
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