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.
Policeman
The original title is "Kuuntele" (DA).
The film features dialogue in 3 languages: Arabic, Danish, English.
It was a co-production between: Denmark, Finland, Sweden.
The film was directed by Rungano Nyoni.
The screenplay was written by Hamy Ramezan and Rungano Nyoni.
Cinematography was handled by Lars Vestergaard.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt3963350.
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Good
11 votes
Kuuntele
Released
العربية, Dansk, English
Denmark, Finland, Sweden
