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 |


















