Guantanamo in 'Mauritanian' is scarily accurate, including the iguanas
USA TODAY Yes, the notorious Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp actually has a nearby gift shop that sells branded merch such as T-shirts and coffee mugs, as seen in "The Mauritanian." The drama (in theaters now) stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Jodie Foster as opposing lawyers in the legal battle over Mohamedou Ould Slahi (played by Tahar Rahim), who was imprisoned by the U.S. government for 14 years without a trial at top-secret Gitmo. Re-creating the detention camp in detail was a priority for director Kevin Macdonald in telling the often-harrowing true story. "That was very important to me ...
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