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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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Overview

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.

Cast

Nanna Bøttcher
Nanna Bøttcher
Police woman
Yusuf Kamal El-Ali
Yusuf Kamal El-Ali
Son
Amira Helene Larsen
Amira Helene Larsen
Translator
Zeinab Rahal
Zeinab Rahal
Mother
Alexandre Willaume
Alexandre Willaume
Policeman
Peter Fog Jensen
Peter Fog Jensen
Policeman in office
Maria Yang-Busch
Maria Yang-Busch
Woman in corridor

Trailer

LISTEN Trailer | Festival 2014

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