Listen (2014)

  • NR
  • 09/10/2014 (CA)
  • Drama
  • 13m

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.

Rungano Nyoni

Director, Writer

Hamy Ramezan

Director, Writer

Cast

Nanna Bøttcher's headshot

Nanna Bøttcher

Police woman
Yusuf Kamal El-Ali's headshot

Yusuf Kamal El-Ali

Son
Amira Helene Larsen's headshot

Amira Helene Larsen

Translator
Zeinab Rahal's headshot

Zeinab Rahal

Mother
Alexandre Willaume's headshot

Alexandre Willaume

Policeman
Peter Fog Jensen's headshot

Peter Fog Jensen

Policeman in office
Maria Yang-Busch's headshot

Maria Yang-Busch

Woman in corridor

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