The Mauritanian (2021)

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The Mauritanian

Topic Studios/Black Sheep Pictures/Convergent Media/Oak Street Films/SunnyMarch/Wonder Street/30West/BBC Film

STXfilms/Elevation Pictures


Release date: 03/02/2021

My Rating 7/10

#whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 77%

Social Media

#TheMauritanian #STXfilms

Directed by

Kevin Macdonald

Screenplay by

M.B. Traven, Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani

Story by

M.B. Traven

Based on

Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Produced by

Adam Ackland, Michael Bronner, Benedict Cumberbatch, Leah Clarke, Christine Holder, Mark Holder, Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Branwen Prestwood-Smith

Starring

Jodie Foster as Nancy Hollander

Tahar Rahim as Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Shailene Woodley as Teri Duncan

Benedict Cumberbatch as Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Couch

Zachary Levi as Neil Buckland

Saamer Usmani as Arjun

Corey Johnson as Bill Seidel

Denis Menochet as Emmanuel

David Fynn as Kent

Walter van Dyk as District Court of Columbia Judge

Cinematography

Alwin H. Küchler

Edited by

Justine Wright

Music by

Tom Hodge


02/03/2021 - Golden Globe Award Nominations 

Best Actor (Drama)

Tahar Ramin - The Mauritanian

Best Supporting Actress ( Motion Picture)

Jodie Foster- The Mauritanian

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