Top billed cast

1. 

   Tahar Rahim

   Mohamedou Ould Slahi

2. 

   Jodie Foster

   Nancy Hollander

3. 

   Benedict Cumberbatch

   Lt. Stuart Couch

4. 

   Shailene Woodley

   Teri Duncan

5. 

   Zachary Levi

   Neil Buckland

6. 

   Langley Kirkwood

   Sergeant Sands

7. 

   Saamer Usmani

   Arjun

8. 

   Corey Johnson

   Bill Seidel

9. 

   Matthew Marsh

   General Miller

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Reviews

A review by Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

Written by Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots on 2021-03-09

Based on the New York Times best-selling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” by Mohamedou Ould Slahi, “The Mauritanian” tells the true story of a man who spent 14 years of his life imprisoned without charges at the notorious United States military detention facility. The film is a standard legal drama that focuses more on the man and his case rather than the atrocities that were levied against him. It still reinforces what most of us already know: Gitmo was a terrible, terrible place.

Detained on the suspicion that he was connected to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Slahi (Tahar Rahim) was held ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$7,527,030.00

Keywords

• prisoner
• based on novel or book
• falsely accused
• war on terror
• confession
• guantanamo bay
• based on true story
• lawyer
• torture
• interrogation
• sleep deprivation