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The Mauritanian film overview: Tahar Rahim excels in exhilarating Guantanamo drama – NEWPAPER24
The Mauritanian film overview: Tahar Rahim excels in exhilarating Guantanamo drama
2021-01-14 12:15:13
4.5/5 stars
A compelling, provocative drama, The Mauritanian is an actual gut-punch of a film. Chronicling the lifetime of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who spent years locked up in Guantanamo Bay, it’s an extended, exhausting however finally exhilarating watch, fleshed out with glorious performances and a director who presents a measured and absorbing account of Slahi’s destiny.
Slahi was arrested and shipped out to Guantanamo, the controversial US detainee centre on Cuban soil, with American intelligence officers…
