diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application.php
index 761143d6d1..b27d641ec5 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application.php
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Provider\UnicodeServiceProvider;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Provider\WebhookServiceProvider;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Provider\ZippyServiceProvider;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Provider\WebProfilerServiceProvider as PhraseaWebProfilerServiceProvider;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Caption\CaptionServiceProvider;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Subdef\MediaSubdefServiceProvider;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Filesystem\FilesystemServiceProvider;
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ class Application extends SilexApplication
         $this->register(new ManipulatorServiceProvider());
         $this->register(new TechnicalDataServiceProvider());
         $this->register(new MediaSubdefServiceProvider());
+        $this->register(new CaptionServiceProvider());
         $this->register(new InstallerServiceProvider());
         $this->register(new PhraseaVersionServiceProvider());
 
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Api/V1Controller.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Api/V1Controller.php
index fd703b6ed0..1eb0333724 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Api/V1Controller.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Controller/Api/V1Controller.php
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ class V1Controller extends Controller
         );
 
         $technicalDatasets = $this->app['service.technical_data']->fetchRecordsTechnicalData($references);
+
         if (array_intersect($includes, ['results.metadata', 'results.caption'])) {
         }
 
@@ -1280,8 +1281,8 @@ class V1Controller extends Controller
 
         return [
             'results.subdefs',
-            //'results.metadata',
-            //'results.caption',
+            'results.metadata',
+            'results.caption',
             'results.status',
         ];
     }
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CachedCaptionDataRepository.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CachedCaptionDataRepository.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44d214a575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CachedCaptionDataRepository.php
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2016 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Caption;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Cache\MultiAdapter;
+use Doctrine\Common\Cache\Cache;
+use Doctrine\Common\Cache\MultiGetCache;
+use Doctrine\Common\Cache\MultiPutCache;
+
+class CachedCaptionDataRepository implements CaptionDataRepository
+{
+    /**
+     * @var CaptionDataRepository
+     */
+    private $decorated;
+    /**
+     * @var Cache|MultiGetCache|MultiPutCache
+     */
+    private $cache;
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $baseKey;
+
+    /**
+     * @var int
+     */
+    private $lifeTime = 0;
+
+    /**
+     * CachedCaptionDataRepository constructor.
+     * @param CaptionDataRepository $decorated
+     * @param Cache $cache
+     * @param string $baseKey
+     */
+    public function __construct(CaptionDataRepository $decorated, Cache $cache, $baseKey)
+    {
+        $this->decorated = $decorated;
+        $this->cache = $cache instanceof MultiGetCache && $cache instanceof MultiPutCache
+            ? $cache
+            : new MultiAdapter($cache);
+        $this->baseKey = $baseKey;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getLifeTime()
+    {
+        return $this->lifeTime;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $lifeTime
+     */
+    public function setLifeTime($lifeTime)
+    {
+        $this->lifeTime = (int)$lifeTime;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $recordIds
+     * @return \array[]
+     */
+    public function findByRecordIds(array $recordIds)
+    {
+        $keys = $this->computeKeys($recordIds);
+
+        $data = $this->cache->fetchMultiple($keys);
+
+        if (count($data) === count($keys)) {
+            return $data;
+        }
+
+        $data = $this->decorated->findByRecordIds($recordIds);
+
+        $this->cache->saveMultiple(array_combine(array_values($keys), array_values($data)));
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int[] $recordIds
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    private function computeKeys(array $recordIds)
+    {
+        return array_map(function ($recordId) {
+            return $this->baseKey . 'caption' . json_encode([(int)$recordId]);
+        }, $recordIds);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionDataRepository.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionDataRepository.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..826df7b0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionDataRepository.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2016 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Caption;
+
+interface CaptionDataRepository
+{
+    /**
+     * @param int[] $recordIds
+     * @return array[]
+     */
+    public function findByRecordIds(array $recordIds);
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionRepository.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionRepository.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca19468a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionRepository.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2016 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Caption;
+
+use Assert\Assertion;
+
+class CaptionRepository
+{
+    /**
+     * @var \caption_record[]
+     */
+    private $idMap = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @var CaptionDataRepository
+     */
+    private $dataRepository;
+
+    /**
+     * @var callable
+     */
+    private $captionFactory;
+
+    public function __construct(CaptionDataRepository $dataRepository, callable $captionFactory)
+    {
+        $this->dataRepository = $dataRepository;
+        $this->captionFactory = $captionFactory;
+    }
+
+    public function findByRecordIds(array $recordIds)
+    {
+        $this->fetchMissing($recordIds);
+
+        $instances = [];
+
+        foreach ($recordIds as $index => $recordId) {
+            $instances[$index] = $this->idMap[$recordId];
+        }
+
+        return $instances;
+    }
+
+    public function clear()
+    {
+        $this->idMap = [];
+    }
+
+    private function fetchMissing(array $recordIds)
+    {
+        $missing = array_diff($recordIds, array_keys($this->idMap));
+
+        if (!$missing) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $data = $this->dataRepository->findByRecordIds($missing);
+
+        $factory = $this->captionFactory;
+
+        foreach ($data as $item) {
+            Assertion::keyIsset($item, 'record_id');
+
+            $this->idMap[(int)$item['record_id']] = $factory($item);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionRepositoryFactory.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionRepositoryFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d796224bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionRepositoryFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2016 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Caption;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\DataboxBoundRepositoryFactory;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\DataboxConnectionProvider;
+use Doctrine\Common\Cache\Cache;
+
+class CaptionRepositoryFactory implements DataboxBoundRepositoryFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * @var DataboxConnectionProvider
+     */
+    private $connectionProvider;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Cache
+     */
+    private $cache;
+
+    /**
+     * @var callable
+     */
+    private $captionFactoryProvider;
+
+    public function __construct(DataboxConnectionProvider $connectionProvider, Cache $cache, callable $captionFactoryProvider)
+    {
+        $this->connectionProvider = $connectionProvider;
+        $this->cache = $cache;
+        $this->captionFactoryProvider = $captionFactoryProvider;
+    }
+
+    public function createRepositoryFor($databoxId)
+    {
+        $connection = $this->connectionProvider->getConnection($databoxId);
+
+        $dbalRepository = new DbalCaptionDataRepository($connection);
+        $dataRepository = new CachedCaptionDataRepository($dbalRepository, $this->cache, sprintf('databox%d:', $databoxId));
+
+        $provider = $this->captionFactoryProvider;
+        $factory = $provider($databoxId);
+
+        if (!is_callable($factory)) {
+            throw new \UnexpectedValueException(sprintf(
+                'Caption factory is expected to be callable, got %s',
+                is_object($factory) ? get_class($factory) : gettype($factory)
+            ));
+        }
+
+        return new CaptionRepository($dataRepository, $factory);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionService.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionService.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e27cad063d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionService.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2016 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Caption;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\DataboxBoundRepositoryProvider;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Model\RecordReferenceInterface;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Record\RecordReferenceCollection;
+
+class CaptionService
+{
+    /**
+     * @var DataboxBoundRepositoryProvider
+     */
+    private $repositoryProvider;
+
+    public function __construct(DataboxBoundRepositoryProvider $repositoryProvider)
+    {
+        $this->repositoryProvider = $repositoryProvider;
+    }
+
+    public function findByReferenceCollection($references)
+    {
+        $references = $this->normalizeReferenceCollection($references);
+
+        $groups = [];
+
+        foreach ($references->groupPerDataboxId() as $databoxId => $indexes) {
+            $this->getRepositoryForDatabox($databoxId)->findByRecordIds(array_keys($indexes));
+        }
+
+        if ($groups) {
+            return call_user_func_array('array_merge', $groups);
+        }
+
+        return [];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param RecordReferenceInterface[]|RecordReferenceCollection $references
+     * @return RecordReferenceCollection
+     */
+    public function normalizeReferenceCollection($references)
+    {
+        if ($references instanceof RecordReferenceCollection) {
+            return $references;
+        }
+
+        return new RecordReferenceCollection($references);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $databoxId
+     * @return CaptionRepository
+     */
+    private function getRepositoryForDatabox($databoxId)
+    {
+        return $this->repositoryProvider->getRepositoryForDatabox($databoxId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionServiceProvider.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1163317680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/CaptionServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2016 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Caption;
+
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\DataboxBoundRepositoryProvider;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\DataboxConnectionProvider;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Record\RecordReference;
+use Silex\Application;
+use Silex\ServiceProviderInterface;
+
+class CaptionServiceProvider implements ServiceProviderInterface
+{
+    public function register(Application $app)
+    {
+        $app['provider.factory.caption'] = $app->protect(function ($databoxId) use ($app) {
+            return function (array $data) use ($app, $databoxId) {
+                $recordReference = RecordReference::createFromDataboxIdAndRecordId($databoxId, $data['record_id']);
+
+                return new \caption_record($app, $recordReference, $data);
+            };
+        });
+
+        $app['provider.repo.caption'] = $app->share(function (Application $app) {
+            $connectionProvider = new DataboxConnectionProvider($app['phraseanet.appbox']);
+            $factoryProvider = $app['provider.factory.caption'];
+
+            $repositoryFactory = new CaptionRepositoryFactory($connectionProvider, $app['cache'], $factoryProvider);
+
+            return new DataboxBoundRepositoryProvider($repositoryFactory);
+        });
+
+        $app['service.caption'] = $app->share(function (Application $app) {
+            return new CaptionService($app['provider.repo.caption']);
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function boot(Application $app)
+    {
+        // no-op
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/DbalCaptionDataRepository.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/DbalCaptionDataRepository.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8ab78bc93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Databox/Caption/DbalCaptionDataRepository.php
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2016 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Databox\Caption;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
+
+class DbalCaptionDataRepository implements CaptionDataRepository
+{
+    /**
+     * @var Connection
+     */
+    private $connection;
+
+    public function __construct(Connection $connection)
+    {
+        $this->connection = $connection;
+    }
+
+    public function findByRecordIds(array $recordIds)
+    {
+        if (!$recordIds) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        $sql = <<<'SQL'
+SELECT m.record_id, m.id AS meta_id, s.id AS structure_id, value, VocabularyType, VocabularyId
+FROM metadatas m INNER JOIN metadatas_structure s ON s.id = m.meta_struct_id
+WHERE m.record_id IN (:recordIds)
+ORDER BY m.record_id ASC, s.sorter ASC
+SQL;
+
+        $data = $this->connection->fetchAll(
+            $sql, ['recordIds' => $recordIds], ['recordIds' => Connection::PARAM_INT_ARRAY]
+        );
+
+        return $this->mapByRecordId($data, $recordIds);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $data
+     * @param int[] $recordIds
+     * @return array[]
+     */
+    private function mapByRecordId(array $data, array $recordIds)
+    {
+        $groups = array_fill_keys($recordIds, []);
+
+        foreach ($data as $item) {
+            $recordId = $item['record_id'];
+
+            $groups[$recordId][] = $item;
+        }
+
+        return $groups;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Media/TechnicalDataService.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Media/TechnicalDataService.php
index 984928167d..0d443d0228 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Media/TechnicalDataService.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Media/TechnicalDataService.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class TechnicalDataService
      */
     public function fetchRecordsTechnicalData($references)
     {
-        if (!$references instanceof  RecordReferenceCollection) {
+        if (!$references instanceof RecordReferenceCollection) {
             $references = new RecordReferenceCollection($references);
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/classes/caption/record.php b/lib/classes/caption/record.php
index c3199f625a..2b90d0a3d3 100644
--- a/lib/classes/caption/record.php
+++ b/lib/classes/caption/record.php
@@ -29,10 +29,16 @@ class caption_record implements cache_cacheableInterface
      */
     protected $app;
 
-    public function __construct(Application $app, RecordReferenceInterface $record)
+    /**
+     * @param Application $app
+     * @param RecordReferenceInterface $record
+     * @param array[]|null $fieldsData
+     */
+    public function __construct(Application $app, RecordReferenceInterface $record, array $fieldsData = null)
     {
         $this->app = $app;
         $this->record = $record;
+        $this->fields = null === $fieldsData ? null : $this->mapFieldsFromData($fieldsData);
     }
 
     public function toArray($includeBusinessFields)
@@ -61,8 +67,6 @@ class caption_record implements cache_cacheableInterface
             return $this->fields;
         }
 
-        $databox = $this->getDatabox();
-
         try {
             $fields = $this->get_data_from_cache();
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
@@ -72,70 +76,14 @@ FROM metadatas m INNER JOIN metadatas_structure s ON s.id = m.meta_struct_id
 WHERE m.record_id = :record_id
 ORDER BY s.sorter ASC
 SQL;
-            $fields = $databox->get_connection()
+            $fields = $this->getDatabox()->get_connection()
                 ->executeQuery($sql, [':record_id' => $this->record->getRecordId()])
                 ->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 
             $this->set_data_to_cache($fields);
         }
 
-        $rec_fields = array();
-
-        if ($fields) {
-            $databox_descriptionStructure = $databox->get_meta_structure();
-            $record = $databox->get_record($this->record->getRecordId());
-
-            // first group values by field
-            $caption_fields = [];
-            foreach ($fields as $row) {
-                $structure_id = $row['structure_id'];
-                if(!array_key_exists($structure_id, $caption_fields)) {
-                    $caption_fields[$structure_id] = [
-                        'db_field' => $databox_descriptionStructure->get_element($structure_id),
-                        'values' => []
-                    ];
-                }
-
-                if (count($caption_fields[$structure_id]['values']) > 0  && !$caption_fields[$structure_id]['db_field']->is_multi()) {
-                    // Inconsistent, should not happen
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                // build an EMPTY caption_Field_Value
-                $cfv = new caption_Field_Value(
-                    $this->app,
-                    $caption_fields[$structure_id]['db_field'],
-                    $record,
-                    $row['meta_id'],
-                    caption_Field_Value::DONT_RETRIEVE_VALUES   // ask caption_Field_Value "no n+1 sql"
-                );
-
-                // inject the value we already know
-                $cfv->injectValues($row['value'], $row['VocabularyType'], $row['VocabularyId']);
-
-                // add the value to the field
-                $caption_fields[$structure_id]['values'][] = $cfv;
-            }
-
-            // now build a "caption_field" with already known "caption_Field_Value"s
-            foreach($caption_fields as $structure_id => $caption_field) {
-
-                // build an EMPTY caption_field
-                $cf = new caption_field(
-                    $this->app,
-                    $caption_field['db_field'],
-                    $record,
-                    caption_field::DONT_RETRIEVE_VALUES     // ask caption_field "no n+1 sql"
-                );
-
-                // inject the value we already know
-                $cf->injectValues($caption_field['values']);
-
-                // add the field to the fields
-                $rec_fields[$structure_id] = $cf;
-            }
-        }
-        $this->fields = $rec_fields;
+        $this->fields = $this->mapFieldsFromData($fields);
 
         return $this->fields;
     }
@@ -315,4 +263,73 @@ SQL;
     {
         return $this->app->findDataboxById($this->record->getDataboxId());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return caption_field[]
+     */
+    protected function mapFieldsFromData($data)
+    {
+        if (!$data) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        $rec_fields = array();
+
+        $databox = $this->getDatabox();
+        $databox_descriptionStructure = $databox->get_meta_structure();
+        $record = $databox->get_record($this->record->getRecordId());
+
+        // first group values by field
+        $caption_fields = [];
+        foreach ($data as $row) {
+            $structure_id = $row['structure_id'];
+            if (!array_key_exists($structure_id, $caption_fields)) {
+                $caption_fields[$structure_id] = [
+                    'db_field' => $databox_descriptionStructure->get_element($structure_id),
+                    'values' => []
+                ];
+            }
+
+            if (count($caption_fields[$structure_id]['values']) > 0 && !$caption_fields[$structure_id]['db_field']->is_multi()) {
+                // Inconsistent, should not happen
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // build an EMPTY caption_Field_Value
+            $cfv = new caption_Field_Value(
+                $this->app,
+                $caption_fields[$structure_id]['db_field'],
+                $record,
+                $row['meta_id'],
+                caption_Field_Value::DONT_RETRIEVE_VALUES   // ask caption_Field_Value "no n+1 sql"
+            );
+
+            // inject the value we already know
+            $cfv->injectValues($row['value'], $row['VocabularyType'], $row['VocabularyId']);
+
+            // add the value to the field
+            $caption_fields[$structure_id]['values'][] = $cfv;
+        }
+
+        // now build a "caption_field" with already known "caption_Field_Value"s
+        foreach ($caption_fields as $structure_id => $caption_field) {
+
+            // build an EMPTY caption_field
+            $cf = new caption_field(
+                $this->app,
+                $caption_field['db_field'],
+                $record,
+                caption_field::DONT_RETRIEVE_VALUES     // ask caption_field "no n+1 sql"
+            );
+
+            // inject the value we already know
+            $cf->injectValues($caption_field['values']);
+
+            // add the field to the fields
+            $rec_fields[$structure_id] = $cf;
+        }
+
+        return $rec_fields;
+    }
 }