Jodie Foster And Benedict Cumberbatch Star In The Mauritanian Trailer
In The Mauritanian, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jodie Foster face off in the prosecution of the alleged 'head recruiter of 9/11'.
The tense legal drama is set to be released in time for Oscar consideration and tour du lịch hạ long a three minute-plus trailer dropped on Tuesday.
The movie by Last King Of Scotland director Kevin Macdonald is based on the memoir by Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Salahi who was held for 14 years without trial.
Jodie Foster as defense attorney Nancy Hollander and Benedict Cumberbatch as military prosecutor Lt.
Colonel Stuart Couch face off in the just released trailer for The Mauritianian
The movie by director Kevin Macdonald is based on the memoir by Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Salahi who was held for 14 years without trial.
He's played by Tahar Rahim
In his bestseller Guantanamo Diary, first published with redactions in 2015, the Mauritanian-born Slahi detailed how he was abused and tortured during his captivity which ran from 2002 to 2016.
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The trailer opens with Jodie Foster, a defense attorney named Nancy Hollander, arriving at Guantanamo Bay to visit a new client, Slahi, played by Tahar Rahim.
She's advised to wear a hijab when visiting him because, she's told, as 'we've had instances of inmates spitting at female lawyers.'
The trailer opens with Hollander, and her assistant played by Shailene Woodley, arriving at Guantanamo Bay on the island of Cuba to visit a new client, Slahi
Slahi, from Mauritania in Northwest Africa, is among dozens of prisoners held without charge or trial in the heavily guarded US military detention camp
Hollander, a high-profile criminal defense attorney, has decided to represent the Mauritanian who has been pushing to get a trial for six years
Meanwhile, kynghidongduong.vn prosecutor Couch is told by his boss that Slahi 'recruited the guys who flew your friend's plane into the South Tower'
Couch instructs his legal team that they're seeking the death penalty for Slahi 'but if we miss something, this guy goes home'
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the military prosecutor Lt.
Colonel Stuart Couch assigned the Slahi case.
'He recruited the guys who flew your friend's plane into the South Tower,' he's told by his boss.
Couch instructs his legal team that they're seeking the death penalty for Slahi 'but if we miss something, this guy goes home.'
Slahi is seen in an orange jumpsuit and in chains escorted by military guards and in his tiny single cell.
When Hollander, and her assistant played by Shailene Woodley, get hold of the files in the case, they discover that most of the evidence is redacted.
'If you've a problem, take it up with the government,' she's informed.
When Hollander, and her assistant played by Shailene Woodley, get hold of the files in the case, they discover that most of the evidence is redacted
'If you've a problem, take it up with the government,' Hollander is informed
Slahi explains to Hollander: 'All my time here I have been told, 'you are guilty'.
Not for something I have done but because of suspicions and associations
'I am innocent,' he insists.
Slahi explains to Hollander: 'All my time here I have been told, 'you are guilty'.
Not for something I have done but because of suspicions and associations.
'I am innocent,' he insists.
Hollander and Couch meet for a beer in an oceanfront bar and he asks her: 'Does it bother you at all working for someone like this?
Hollander responds: 'I'm not just defending him.
I'm defending the rule of law.'
'You haven't seen what I've seen,' Couch replies.
Hollander and Couch meet for a beer in an oceanfront bar.
Hollander asserts: 'I'm not just defending him. I'm defending the rule of law.' Couch replies: 'You haven't seen what I've seen'
The trailer then flashes through scenes of intimidation and torture of prisoners at the base
A bloodied Slahi is seen slumped in his tiny single cell
Then it seems that Couch is beginning to have doubts.'I've never been part of a conspiracy but I'm starting to think this is what it must feel like to be on the outside of one,' he tells his boss
The trailer then flashes through scenes of intimidation and torture of prisoners at the base including Slahi.
Then comes a scene where it seems that Couch is beginning to have doubts about the case.
'I've never been part of a conspiracy but I'm starting to think this is what it must feel like to be on the outside of one,' he's seen telling his military boss during a tense conversation.
Slahi gets his trial and appears in the courtroom via video link.
'For eight years I have been dreaming of being in a courtroom,' he says.
'Now that I'm here, I am scared to death.'
The Mauritanian will be released by STX Entertainment on February 19, 2021.
Slahi gets his trial and appears in the courtroom via video link.
'For eight years I have been dreaming of being in a courtroom,' he says. 'Now that I'm here, I am scared to death'
The Mauritanian will be released by STX Entertainment on February 19, 2021.
It will be eligible for Oscar consideration after the Academy Awards were postponed to April 2021
