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Chasing Freedom (2004) -- A lawyer reluctantly takes on the pro bono asylum case of a woman who has fled the brutal Taliban regieme in Afghanistan and arrived in the United States seeking freedom.
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Director:
Don McBrearty
Writer:
Barbara Samuels (written by)
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Release Date:
19 January 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
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Plot:
A lawyer reluctantly takes on the pro bono asylum case of a woman who has fled the brutal Taliban regieme in Afghanistan and arrived in the United States seeking freedom. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 8 nominations more
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I'm no expert on asylum law, but... more (11 total)

Cast

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Juliette Lewis ... Libby

Layla Alizada ... Meena

Bruce Gray ... Philip Laughton
Michael David Simms ... Judge
Yanna McIntosh ... Ruth

Veena Sood ... Adeena

Brian Markinson ... Eric Hoffman
Ali Jhon ... Amir

Aziza Sindhu ... Deyana
Wajma Soroor ... Nazira
Gail Hanrahan ... Shelley

Daniel Libman ... Kevin
Andrew Misle ... David
Stacey Zurburg ... Penny
Rochelle Maitripala ... Adjufa
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for a scene of violence.
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Runtime:
USA:120 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:M | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Company:
Blueprint Entertainment more

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7 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
I'm no expert on asylum law, but..., 28 January 2004
Author: dimstar from USA

I agree with the poster below that the INS makes the decisions that it needs to make based on the facts presented, and that in the movie, the asylum-seeking process is made much more difficult for the main character because of the fact that she'd disposed of her identification papers back in Afghanistan. However, I don't think this weakens the movie at all. I think it added an important dimension to it by showing that the asylum-seeking process is difficult, even for people who are deserving of asylum, because it's necessary to weed out terrorists and other potential bad apples. The movie didn't come across to me as liberally biased at all.

I agree that Lewis' character was a little over the top, but overall I thought the movie was very well done.

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