Rosewater
In 2009, Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering the explosive elections for Newsweek of Iran. One of the very few reporters dwelling in the country with access he seemed on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The interview had been designed as satire, however if the Tehran police got the joke they didn't like it and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when 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 in this impressive and affecting docudrama featuring a potent and performance with Gael García Bernal recounting Bahari's efforts to keep his expectation and his sanity in the face of isolation and persecution-through memories of his loved ones, recollections of this music he loves, and notions of his wife and unborn child.
Released: 2014-11-07
Genre:
Drama
Duration: 103
min
Country:
United States of America