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Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush

2022

Andreas Dresen

Meltem Kaptan, Alexander Scheer, Charly Hübner, Nazmî Kirik ...

5.8

194

Drama Rabiye Kurnaz is someone you might generally call an ordinary woman, except that she is a real dynamo. Taking care of her children and much more, she is the one running the show in her terraced house in Bremen. Shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001, her son Murat is accused of terrorism and is (one of the first) shipped off to Guantanamo prison camp. This marks the beginning of a journey into the heart of world politics for ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"The drama is impeccably well-intentioned, and leavened with a juicily characterful (...) But it’s a sluggish, dramatically and visually inert piece that not long ago would have been considered very much a TV-style offering"
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush sounds like something you’ve probably seen on screens big and small hundreds of times before, but nevertheless Dresen gives the rickety old structure a fresh coat of paint."
		Anna Smith Deadline	"There are a few odd editing decisions, but the astonishing real-life twists keep up the momentum. And it’s hard not to be moved by this portrait of a woman who would stop at nothing to rescue her son."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A film that certainly pays a well-intentioned tribute to Rabiye Kurnaz’s courage and passion, but is sucrose and shallow (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Davide Abbatescianni Cineuropa	"Dresen accomplishes his mission (...) The whole film is grounded in the two lead actors’ solid performances (...) An engaging film"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"The film proceeds by the numbers, with the messy, provocative real-life miscarriage of justice it chronicles tamed to march to the merry beat of the inspirational true-story genre."

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