Directed by:
Kevin MacdonaldCinematography:
Alwin H. KuchlerComposer:
Tom HodgeCast:
Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Levi, Saamer Usmani, Corey Johnson, David Fynn, Stevel Marc, Adam Rothenberg (more)VOD (4)
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Mauritanian citizen Mohamedou Ould Slahi is captured by the US Government in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Suspected of having been involved in aiding or even recruiting the hijackers who steered the planes into the World Trade Center, he spends years at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp without being charged or put on trial. Braving contempt and insult, defence attorney Nancy Hollander takes up Slahi’s case and prepares to face the prosecutor dispatched by the military. Acting giants Jodie Foster and Benedict Cumberbatch lend their charisma to these representatives of justice who, although on opposite sides, ultimately unite in valuing moral decency. With his uncanny ability to hide his characters’ intentions, Tahar Rahim is perfectly cast to portray a man who may as easily be unfairly accused as he may be faking innocence. Slahi had confessed to the crimes of which he was accused. But he did so under torture. Scottish director Kevin Macdonald addresses a dark chapter in American justice in this defiant political thriller based on the 2015 best-selling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” which Slahi wrote while in captivity. The film’s screenwriters have refrained from resolving all the mysteries, thus honouring the importance of examining each case individually – even in the midst of a national outburst of grief and anger. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Tahar Rahim
France
Best movies:
A Prophet (2009)
Samba (2014)
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
Jodie Foster
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Maverick (1994)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Benedict Cumberbatch
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Shailene Woodley
USA
Best movies:
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Snowden (2016)
To Catch a Killer (2023)
Zachary Levi
USA
Best movies:
Tangled (2010)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)
Saamer Usmani
Best movies:
The Mauritanian (2021)
Inventing Anna (2022) (series)
Corey Johnson
USA
Best movies:
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
David Fynn
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Mauritanian (2021)
Leap Year (2010)
Stevel Marc
Best movies:
The Mauritanian (2021)
Christmas in the Wild (2019)
Insight (2021)
Adam Rothenberg
USA
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Tennessee (2008)
The Mauritanian (2021)
Matthew Marsh
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Tetris (2023)
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Robert Hobbs
Best movies:
District 9 (2009)
Roots (2016) (series)
Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
Denis Ménochet
France
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Meena Rayann
Best movies:
The Mauritanian (2021)
The Hustle (2019)
One More Shot (2024)
Francis Chouler
Best movies:
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Dredd (2012)
The Mauritanian (2021)
Andre Jacobs
Best movies:
Invictus (2009)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
Breathe (2017)
Leon Clingman
Best movies:
The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
The Gift Horse (2009)
The Mauritanian (2021)
Langley Kirkwood
UK
Best movies:
Generation Kill (2008) (series)
The Challenger (2013) (TV movie)
Invictus (2009)
Baya Belal
Best movies:
Locked Up (Antena 3 / Fox Version) (2015) (series)
Incendies (2010)
Munich (2005)
Daniel Janks
South Africa
Best movies:
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Generation Kill (2008) (series)
The Salvation (2014)