The Road to Guantanamo
2006 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 6.9 · 75% critics
This drama-documentary follows three British Muslims who travel abroad for a wedding and end up caught in the chaos of war. After being detained and sent to Guantanamo Bay, they struggle to prove their innocence during a long, punishing ordeal.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-03-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (129 votes)
About
If you want a tense, unsettling true-story drama that mixes reconstruction with interviews and raises hard questions about justice, this may work for you; Not for you if you dislike heavy political themes or docudrama formats, even more than in The Last King of Scotland.
Pros: gripping real-life premise; urgent, realistic feel; thought-provoking subject | Cons: one-sided to some; uneven storytelling; docudrama style divisive
Themes
- muslim
- cuba
- guantanamo bay
- guantánamo
- injustice
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2006 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2006 · nominated
Cast & crew
Riz Ahmed
as Shafiq
- FH
Farhad Harun
as Ruhel
- WS
Waqar Siddiqui
as Monir
- AU
Afran Usman
as Asif Iqbal
- SI
Shahid Iqbal
as Zahid
- SK
Sher Khan
as Sher Khan
Jason Salkey
as Military Interrogator Sheberghan
Directed by Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom