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Camp X-Ray (2014)

Camp X-Ray poster
Directed by
Peter Sattler
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 1,111 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young female soldier is assigned to Guantanamo Bay and forms an uneasy bond with a detainee she guards. She struggles with the morality of her role and the rigid rules of the camp.

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What happens

Camp X-Ray is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Peter Sattler in his directorial debut, based on the detention facility Camp X-Ray at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. It stars Kristen Stewart and Payman Maadi along with John Carroll Lynch, Lane Garrison, and Joseph Julian Soria in supporting roles. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 17, 2014, by IFC Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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