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Rabie Kurnaz vs. George Bush

Germany, France, 2022, 119 minutes, Color, German, Turkish, English; Turkish captioned


2022 Berlin FF; Silver Bear - Best Screenplay, Best Leading Performance, Guild Film Prize German Film Awards; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Outstanding Feature Film

Director:  Andreas Dresen

Screenplay: Laila Stieler

Cinematography: Andreas Höfer

Editing: Jörg Hauschild

Music: Cenk Erdoğan, Johannes Repka

Production: Pandora Film Produktion

Cast: Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer, Nazmi Kirik, Sevda Polat, Abdullah Emre Oztürk, Charly Hübner, Jeanette Spassova, Abak Safaei-Rad, Alexander Hörbe

Rabiye Kurnaz lives as a modest housewife in her terraced house in Bremen. Her life suddenly changes when her son Murat goes to Guantanamo. Murat's fight for his release from Guantanamo prison takes Rabiye Kurnaz from her home to international politics and the Supreme Court in Washington.