Contra
2020, Film, 108 min, Comedy, Drama, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 68
With his uncouth manner, Professor Pohl doesn’t enjoy the best reputation at the university where he works. To make matters worse, he makes a racist remark when student Naima arrives late for his lecture. Unfortunately for him, a video of his verbal outburst spreads like wildfire on the Internet, and the university’s president, Lambrecht, is called to deal with the incident. But Pohl is not dismissed. Instead, he is put to the task of helping Naima prepare for an important debating competition. The lecturer and the student could not be more different, yet they are thrown together to work as a team.
Directed by Sönke Wortmann
Cast
- Nilam Farooq as Naima Hamid
- Christoph Maria Herbst as Richard Pohl
- Hassan Akkouch as Mo
- Ernst Stötzner as Professor Lamprecht
- Meriam Abbas as Lial Hamid
- Mohamed Issa as Junis Hamid
- Stefan Gorski as Benjamin
- Lieke Hoppe as Johanna
- Fatima Naji as Oma
- Mustafa Sheikh as Ali
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