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A highly balanced plot neither minimizes the true story of a 9/11 suspect nor undermines its effectiveness by indulging in impassioned monologues. The aim is to build the audience's outrage without preaching.
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The fact-based film 'The Mauritanian' (STX) doesn't adhere to the conventions of a legal drama or a police procedural. Instead, it focuses on the moral implications of the struggle to free a falsely accused prisoner -- with brilliant results.
The first thing I did after watching “The Mauritanian” was head to my desktop Globe to locate the exact location in Africa of Mauritania, a country of which I’d never heard. Answer: Northwest coast, just below Western Sahara, just above Senegal. It's there that this riveting and discomfiting film begins, in November, 2001 – a couple of months after 9/11. That’s when Mohamedou Slahi (Tahar Rahim) is visited by local police at a family party, is forced to leave with them and, before anything is explained, finds himself relocated to his new home: a cramped single cell in Cuba’s Guant...
Loading the player... WATCH: Jodie Foster makes rare appearance with wife at Golden Globes "Oh my god, are you kidding me?! I think you made a mistake. I'm a little speechless," she exclaimed as she broke into laughter with Alexandra. "I just never expected to be here again." Jodie and Alexandra were married in April 2014 after a year of dating. The photographer was previously in a relationship with Ellen DeGeneres, while Jodie was in a longterm relationship with Cydney Bernard from 1993 until 2008 and together they share two sons. Jodie and Alexandra have been married since 2014 Alexandra, ...
OtakuKart February 28, 2021 A legal crime-drama with quite a retelling of history. That’s “The Mauritanian” for you which was released in a few US theatres last week. Directed by Kevin Macdonald who is known for some impressive documentaries, tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi and his experience in US custody for 14 years. Starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, and Benedict Cumberbatch, the movie is quite a talented studded. On a screenplay written by M.B. Traven, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani, it has so far received quite a mixed response. Of course, the lack ...