Rosewater
In '09, Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari covered the volatile elections for Newsweek of Iran. One of the very few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The interview was first intended as satire, however if the Tehran government got the joke that they didn't want it and it would immediately returned again to haunt Bahari if he was rousted out of his home and thrown in prison. Making his directorial debut, Jon Stewart tells the tale of Bahari's months-long imprisonment and interrogation within this impressive and affecting docudrama with a potent and performance with Gael García Bernal recounting Bahari's efforts to keep his hope and his sanity at the face of isolation and persecution-through memories of his own loved ones, recollections of their music he loves, and thoughts of his wife and unborn child.
Released: 2014-11-07
Genre:
Drama
Duration: 103
min
Country:
United States of America