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''Extraordinary Rendition'' is a 2007
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by Jim Threapleton and starring
Omar Berdouni Omar Berdouni (born 20 July 1979) is a Moroccan actor. He has starred in a number of feature films including '' The Hamburg Cell'', '' United 93'', "The Situation", '' The Kingdom'' and ''Extraordinary Rendition'', directed by Jim Threapleton ...
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Andy Serkis Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation, and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Go ...
. The film was premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland on 8 August 2007, and at the Edinburgh Film Festival on 21 August 2007, but never received a full commercial release. It was released on DVD in early 2008, and screened by the
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on 30 April 2008.


Plot

A man is snatched from the streets of his home city (London) and transported to an unknown destination. Held in a tiny cell with no access to legal representation, he is cut off from the outside world. Advanced interrogation techniques are used to break him down. His life is deconstructed with such manipulation that even he begins to question his innocence. He is transported again, in a small jet marked only '
N379P This page describes several aircraft that are alleged in media reports to have been used in the practice of extraordinary rendition, the extralegal transfer of prisoners from one country to another. N313P N313P was a tailnumber assigned to a Boe ...
', to the searing heat of an unspecified locale where interrogation is quickly replaced by sophisticated
torture Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogational torture, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. definitions of tortur ...
. No reason is offered for his detention and no timetable is set for his release. No governments are mentioned, no radical factions named, no fingers pointed. There is nothing for him to hang onto. The man has fallen out of the world, and only questions remain. Returned without explanation to the UK many months later, he is left to pick up the pieces of a shattered life in a world he no longer recognizes.


Cast

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Omar Berdouni Omar Berdouni (born 20 July 1979) is a Moroccan actor. He has starred in a number of feature films including '' The Hamburg Cell'', '' United 93'', "The Situation", '' The Kingdom'' and ''Extraordinary Rendition'', directed by Jim Threapleton ...
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Andy Serkis Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation, and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Go ...
* Ania Sowinski *
Jimmy Yuill James Evander Munro Yuill (born 13 February 1956) is a Scottish actor. He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and later joined the Renaissance Theatre Company. He has appeared in many of Kenneth Branagh's films, most recently as Ed ...
* Hugh Ross * Rami Hilmi * Adam Cumberbatch


Reception

The film received the mixed reviews, Ray Bennett of
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called it a '' a powerful debut film''.


See also

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Rendition (film) ''Rendition'' is a 2007 American political thriller film directed by Gavin Hood and starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, and Omar Metwally. It centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraor ...


References


External links

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Variety Aug. 9, 2007 review
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