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Contra

Contra

Comedy | German | 103 minutes

Company

Picture Tree International GmbH


Cast & Crew

Director

Sönke Wortmann

Producers

Christoph Müller, Tom Spiess

Writer

Doron Wisotzky

Cast

Nilam Farooq, Christoph Maria Herbst, Hassan Akkouch


Trailer

picturetree-international.com/films/details/contra.html#watch=6a24d14911cbaaf7abfd373b60e633b6_desktop


Synopsis

One xenophobic remark too many: Professor Richard Pohl (Christoph Maria Herbst) is in danger of being kicked out of his university after insulting law student Naima Hamid (Nilam Farooq) in front of a packed lecture hall. When the video goes viral, University President Alexander Lambrecht (Ernst Stötzner) gives his old companion one last chance: His chances of redemption before the disciplinary committee will be much better, if he succeeds in preparing freshman Naima for a nationwide debate competition. Pohl and Naima are equally appalled, but over time this unlikely pairing collect their first successes - until Naima realizes that the multi-cultural fairy tale apparently only serves one purpose: to save the university's reputation.

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Completion Year

2021


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