Movie
The Mauritanian
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-02-12
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 30WEST, Topic Studios, STXfilms, SunnyMarch, BBC Film, Shadowplay Features
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tahar Rahim as Mohamedou Ould Slahi
- Jodie Foster as Nancy Hollander
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Lt. Stuart Couch
- Shailene Woodley as Teri Duncan
- Zachary Levi as Neil Buckland
- Langley Kirkwood as Sergeant Sands
- Saamer Usmani as Arjun
- Corey Johnson as Bill Seidel
- Matthew Marsh as General Miller
- David Fynn as Kent
- André Jacobs as Judge Robertson
- Meena Rayann as Wafa
Crew
- Kevin Macdonald - Director
- Sohrab Noshirvani - Screenplay
- Rory Haines - Screenplay
- Michael Bronner - Screenplay
- Michael Bronner - Story
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