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Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush

2022 · 119 min

A grounded, emotionally charged procedural that balances bureaucratic frustration with a mother's fierce warmth and quiet outrage.

Overview: Desperate to help her son, Rabiye Kurnaz, a housewife and loving mother from Bremen, goes to the police, notifies authorities and almost despairs at their impotence and in the end, against all the odds, something truly remarkable happens.
How it feels: Earnest, tense, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, family, power, survival
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
family
power
survival
grief
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none