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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.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Lt. Stuart Couch
Jodie Foster
Nancy Hollander
Shailene Woodley
Teri Duncan
Zachary Levi
Neil Buckland
Tahar Rahim
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Denis Ménochet
Emmanuel
Alaa Safi
Moroccan Translator / Marseille
Corey Johnson
Bill Seidel
Matthew Marsh
General Miller
Langley Kirkwood
Sergeant Sands
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Horrifying true story of the guy who spent around 15 years in freaking Guantanamo with no charges pressed against him. The feelings after Mauritanian are mixed as you feel that you’ve watched a great movie but the story is terrible. I feel sorry for that guy, but at the same time I keep thinking that he was given a chance to change his life with given scholarship. But he decided to join Al Qaeda, which, for me, was a wrong turn. What I’m saying is that his story is not that ‘clean’ for the country where the worst terrorist attack of all times has just happened. 9/11 is still a strong tragic symbol of terrorism. However, his certain life choices do not justify 14 years without any charges, definitely don’t justify torture and the entire Guantanamo story. This movie is like a reminder that Guantanamo still exists, still has people who might or might not be guilty, but who knows what happens to prisoners out there. Every time the ‘Guantanamo’ name is there you know the story will be bad. It is unfair story, extremely sad, yet I had the feeling that it was more about Salahi’s saviours who made his freedom real. Here we got again the glory of American honesty and dignity, suddenly understanding and empathetic judge, prosecutor who has changed his mind for the sake of religion and faith in humanity(though one of the victims of the terrorist attack that Salahi has potentially related to - his close friend). Among all this chanting of American heroes the main character is not that noticeable, even though the entire story is about him.
Anyway, Mauritanian has strong cast, great acting, lots of intense moments and provokes lots of thinking afterwards. Definitely worth watching.
Benjhamin
Always when they want to make a film they must thoroughly research the research process, but as always the Yankees want to make us see and feel sympathetic towards some of these characters, but it didn't generate anything for me.
Raters
Some scenes are difficult to watch, but they serve as a powerful reminder of the real-life suffering experienced by Salahi and others who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo.
saidov.saidumar
Beautiful
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Ms.Biyeva
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Horrifying true story of the guy who spent around 15 years in freaking Guantanamo with no charges pressed against him. The feelings after Mauritanian are mixed as you feel that you’ve watched a great movie but the story is terrible. I feel sorry for that guy, but at the same time I keep thinking that he was given a chance to change his life with given scholarship. But he decided to join Al Qaeda, which, for me, was a wrong turn. What I’m saying is that his story is not that ‘clean’ for the country where the worst terrorist attack of all times has just happened. 9/11 is still a strong tragic symbol of terrorism. However, his certain life choices do not justify 14 years without any charges, definitely don’t justify torture and the entire Guantanamo story. This movie is like a reminder that Guantanamo still exists, still has people who might or might not be guilty, but who knows what happens to prisoners out there. Every time the ‘Guantanamo’ name is there you know the story will be bad. It is unfair story, extremely sad, yet I had the feeling that it was more about Salahi’s saviours who made his freedom real. Here we got again the glory of American honesty and dignity, suddenly understanding and empathetic judge, prosecutor who has changed his mind for the sake of religion and faith in humanity(though one of the victims of the terrorist attack that Salahi has potentially related to - his close friend). Among all this chanting of American heroes the main character is not that noticeable, even though the entire story is about him.
Anyway, Mauritanian has strong cast, great acting, lots of intense moments and provokes lots of thinking afterwards. Definitely worth watching.
Benjhamin
Always when they want to make a film they must thoroughly research the research process, but as always the Yankees want to make us see and feel sympathetic towards some of these characters, but it didn't generate anything for me.
Raters
Some scenes are difficult to watch, but they serve as a powerful reminder of the real-life suffering experienced by Salahi and others who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo.
saidov.saidumar
Beautiful
chrisdofilms
YouTube Review
https://youtu.be/1Wsb2l0q18o
Asolia
To be honest, it's amazing that the Americans were allowed to release this film! A bitter story about how, due to the mistake of the American special services, a man lost 14 years of his life in Guantanamo prison.
realchrisgoldberg
The Mauritanian - Film Review
https://youtu.be/1Wsb2l0q18o
Gosha
Yes norm.
afagabbasova
This is not a story about how bad and unfair the justice system in the United States is. This is a story that no matter what, in the States, you can always say PROTEST, oppose the system and win the court. Excellent
paulhenrynewtman
The story of a lawyer who has been fighting the encroachment of CIA and the US government on the constitutional rights since the Vietnam War takes on the case of a Mauritanian who finds himself in Gitmo (the Guantanamo Bay prison) with no charges and very little in the way of evidence, if anything. The lawyer makes her case around 'habeas corpus' which gives anyone the right to a fair trial. A very dramatic and at times completely disturbing movie that finds great emotional depth. There are several great speeches and it is very well played by all of the actors. The movie casts a light on the unjustifiable injustices that have been going on under government secrecy in that awful prison camp. A must watch.
YevheniiLi
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