CONTRA
synopsis
One problematic remark too many: Professor Richard Pohl is in danger of being kicked out of his job after insulting law student Naima Hamid in front of a packed lecture hall. When the video goes viral, the college president gives him one last chance: his chances before the disciplinary committee will be much better if he succeeds in preparing freshman Hamid for a national debate competition. Pohl and Naima are equally appalled but over time this unlikely duo starts clicking – until Naima realizes that the multicultural fairy tale only serves one purpose: to save the college’s reputation.
original title: | Contra |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Picture Tree International |
year: | 2021 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Sönke Wortmann |
film run: | 108' |
release date: | DE 28/10/2021, AT 28/10/2021 |
screenplay: | Doron Wisotzky |
cast: | Nilam Farooq, Christoph Maria Herbst, Hassan Akkouch, Ernst Stötzner, Myriam Abbas, Mohamed Issa, Stefan Gorski, Lieke Hoppe, Fatima Naji, Mustafa Sheikh |
cinematography by: | Holly Fink |
film editing: | Martin Wolf |
art director: | Cordula Jedamski |
costumes designer: | Annegret Stößel |
music: | Martin Todsharow |
producer: | Christoph Müller, Tom Spiess |
co-producer: | Stefan Gärtner |
executive producer: | Martin Moszkowicz |
line producer: | Patricia Barth |
production: | Constantin Film AG, Seven Pictures Film |
distributor: | Constantin Film, Constantin Film Verleih |