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2014•13m•7.4•Released
Drama
A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, diamond-hard film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.
Director
Rungano Nyoni
Writer
Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni
Languages
Arabic, Danish, English
Studio
Nordic Factory Film
Cast
Nanna Bøttcher
Police woman
Yusuf Kamal El-Ali
Son
Amira Helene Larsen
Translator
Zeinab Rahal
Mother
Alexandre Willaume
Policeman
Peter Fog Jensen
Policeman in office
Maria Yang-Busch
Woman in corridor
Production
Company
Nordic Factory Film
Company
Finnish Film Foundation
Producer
Valeria Richter
Producer
Helene Granqvist
Producer
Nynne Marie Selin Eidnes
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