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May 6, 2021 · The Mauritanian, Kevin Macdonald’s movie based on the true story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian man who was held for 14 years without being charged at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp ...
The Mauritanian is based on the 2015 memoir Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a true story of Slahi’s experience of being held for fourteen years without charge in the Guantanamo Bay ...
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Jan 21, 2021 · His story is the subject of director Kevin Macdonald’s new film The Mauritanian, based on the memoir Salahi wrote in confinement, in which Tahar Rahim telegraphs the pain and resolve of a ...
French. Arabic. Box office. $7.5 million [4] [3] The Mauritanian is a 2021 legal drama film based on the memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, [5] a Mauritanian man who was held from 2002 to 2016 without charge in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a United States military prison. The film was directed by Kevin Macdonald based on a screenplay written ...
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Feb 12, 2021 · It is an old-fashioned drama through and through, with some impressive acting from Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, and Benedict Cumberbatch. But "The Mauritanian" fails to humanize the story it’s telling, never coming off as something more challenging or interesting than a superficial, manipulative accounting of true events. Advertisement.
Feb 18, 2021 · Alamy. The Mauritanian is the latest film to depict the gruelling experiences of detainees at the Guantánamo Bay US naval base in Cuba. Will it be the most impactful yet, asks Hanna Flint. When ...
The filmmaker from Glasgow is telling the true story of a man detained in Guantanamo Bay without charge for 14 years. The memoir had to be smuggled out of the notorious jail via its author's lawyer.
