Italiano
Rabiye Kurnaz Vs. George W. Bush by Andreas Dresen, distributed by Wanted Cinema, will be released in Italian cinemas on Thursday, December 1st, 2022. The film was presented in the section “Best of 2022 “of the 17th Rome Film Fest.
RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH
Director
Andreas Dresen
Nations
France, Germany
Year
2022
Duration
119′
Cast
Meltem Kaptan
Alexander Scheer
Charly Hübner
Nazmi Kirik
Abdullah Emre Öztürk
Safak Sengül
The battle to free her son, Murat, from Guantanamo Bay prison takes Turkish housewife Rabiye Kurnaz from her home in Germany to the Supreme Court in Washington, where she lodges a lawsuit against George W. Bush. She is aided by human rights lawyer Bernhard Docke.
COMMENTARY
Rabiye Kurnaz, a loving mother and housewife of Turkish descent from Bremen, and Bernhard Docke, a human rights lawyer, decide to join forces to fight for the release of Murat, son of Rabiye, from Guantanamo. Side by side, they make it all the way to the Supreme Court, lodging a lawsuit against George W. Bush. Bernhard takes care of Rabiye, and she makes him laugh, heart and soul. In the end, against all odds, something extraordinary happens. The film won two awards at the Berlin Film Festival: Best Screenplay for Laila Stieler and Best Actress for Meltem Kaptan.
ANDREAS DRESEN
Andreas Dresen was born in Gera, Germany, in 1963. In 1992, he directed his first feature film, Silent Country. He won the Grand Jury Prize in Berlin for Grill Point, the Coup de Coeur Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard category in Cannes for Cloud 9, the Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival for Whiskey with Vodka, and the Un Certain Regard Prize for Stopped on Track. He also directs opera.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
When we learn of major political matters in the media, we often resign ourselves because we feel there’s nothing much we can do about them. But then, suddenly, it seems that we can! A Turkish housewife, starting out from Bremen, can strike out against the President of the United States and win.
