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The Mauritanian (2021)

R 02/12/2021 (US) Drama, Thriller 2h 9m

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The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.

Michael Bronner

Screenplay, Story
Kevin Macdonald

Director
Rory Haines

Screenplay
Sohrab Noshirvani

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Tahar Rahim

Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Jodie Foster

Nancy Hollander
Benedict Cumberbatch

Lt. Stuart Couch
Shailene Woodley

Teri Duncan
Zachary Levi

Neil Buckland
Langley Kirkwood

Sergeant Sands
Saamer Usmani

Arjun
Corey Johnson

Bill Seidel
Matthew Marsh

General Miller
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A review by Manuel São Bento

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Written by Manuel São Bento on February 17, 2021

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As I wrote in countless other reviews of the same genre, I mostly enjoy movies "based on a true story" since these almost always accomplish my main expectations: to be enlightened on an event or subject matter I didn't know (much) about. The real-life story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi was obviously unknown to me at the time of this viewing, but The Mauritanian does a great job in telling his shocking, insane, unbelievable life at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The existence of this outside-the-l... read the rest.

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