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7.3
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.
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Cast
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Nanna Bøttcher
Police woman
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Yusuf Kamal El-Ali
Son
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Amira Helene Larsen
Translator
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Zeinab Rahal
Mother
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Alexandre Willaume
Policeman
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Peter Fog Jensen
Policeman in office
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Maria Yang-Busch
Woman in corridor
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Rungano Nyoni Director · Hamy Ramezan Director Lars Vestergaard Cinematographer
First release May 14, 2014 · Produced in Denmark, Finland, Sweden · Languages Arabic, Danish, English
Production
Nordic Factory Film
Production
Finnish Film Foundation
Production
Denmark · Finland · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Kuuntele
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Arabic · Danish · English
Release dates
France · May 14, 2014
Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 10, 2014 · Theatrical
Czechia
January 21, 2016 · Premiere · Pragueshorts Film Festival
Finland
December 21, 2014 · TV
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