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Rosewater

  • 20142014
  • RR
  • 1h 43m
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6.6/10
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Rosewater (2014)
A journalist covering the 2009 Iranian presidential election is captured and tortured for 118 days, believed to be a spy by his interrogator.
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Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.

IMDb RATING
6.6/10
11K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jon Stewart
  • Writers
    • Jon Stewart(screenplay)
    • Maziar Bahari(book "Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival")
    • Aimee Molloy(book "Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival")
  • Stars
    • Gael García Bernal
    • Kim Bodnia
    • Dimitri Leonidas
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jon Stewart
  • Writers
    • Jon Stewart(screenplay)
    • Maziar Bahari(book "Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival")
    • Aimee Molloy(book "Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival")
  • Stars
    • Gael García Bernal
    • Kim Bodnia
    • Dimitri Leonidas
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    • 42User reviews
    • 134Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Gael García Bernal in Rosewater (2014)
    Kim Bodnia and Gael García Bernal in Rosewater (2014)
    Kim Bodnia and Gael García Bernal in Rosewater (2014)
    Kim Bodnia and Gael García Bernal in Rosewater (2014)
    Jon Stewart in Rosewater (2014)
    Kim Bodnia and Gael García Bernal in Rosewater (2014)
    Gael García Bernal in Rosewater (2014)
    Gael García Bernal and Jon Stewart in Rosewater (2014)
    Jon Bon Jovi at an event for Rosewater (2014)
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    Gael García Bernal
    Gael García Bernal
    • Maziar Baharias Maziar Bahari
    Kim Bodnia
    Kim Bodnia
    • Javadi (Rosewater)as Javadi (Rosewater)
    Dimitri Leonidas
    Dimitri Leonidas
    • Davoodas Davood
    Haluk Bilginer
    Haluk Bilginer
    • Baba Akbaras Baba Akbar
    Shohreh Aghdashloo
    Shohreh Aghdashloo
    • Moloojoonas Moloojoon
    Golshifteh Farahani
    Golshifteh Farahani
    • Maryamas Maryam
    Claire Foy
    Claire Foy
    • Paolaas Paola
    Amir El-Masry
    Amir El-Masry
    • Alirezaas Alireza
    Nasser Faris
    Nasser Faris
    • Haj Aghaas Haj Agha
    Kambiz Hosseini
    • Hassanas Hassan
    Numan Acar
    Numan Acar
    • Rahimas Rahim
    Ayman Sharaiha
    • Blue-Eyed Seyyedas Blue-Eyed Seyyed
    Zeid Kattan
    • Seyyedas Seyyed
    Ali Elayan
    • Channel One State TV Intervieweras Channel One State TV Interviewer
    Nidal Ali
    • Prison Soundsmanas Prison Soundsman
    Alex Klaus
    Alex Klaus
    • Prison Barberas Prison Barber
    • (as Alex Claus)
    Firas Fanni
    • Another Prisoneras Another Prisoner
    Alaadin Khasawneh
    • Prison Guardas Prison Guard
    • Director
      • Jon Stewart
    • Writers
      • Jon Stewart(screenplay)
      • Maziar Bahari(book "Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival")
      • Aimee Molloy(book "Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival")
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    Storyline

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    Based of a true story about a journalist who gets detained and brutally interrogated in prison for 118 days. The journalist Maziar Bahari was blindfolded and interrogated for 4 months in Evin prison in Iran, while the only distinguishable feature about his captor is the distinct smell of rosewater. An interview and sketch that Maziar did with a journalist on The Daily Show (1996) was used as evidence that Maziar was a spy and in communication with the American government and the CIA. —abivians
    • prison
    • journalism
    • hijab
    • reference to mahmoud ahmedinejad
    • based on true story
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    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for language including some crude references, and violent content
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    • Trivia
      Maziar Bahari was imprisoned, interrogated, and beaten in Iran for 118 days in 2009 on charges that he was attempting to stage the overthrow of the Iranian government. One of the pieces of "evidence" that Bahari's Iranian captors held against him as proof of his guilt was footage from a segment on The Daily Show (1996) in which he was interviewed by Jason Jones pretending to be a spy. During the sketch, Bahari called Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an "idiot". After he was released, Bahari was interviewed on "The Daily Show" by Jon Stewart, who discussed the role that the show had (inadvertently) played in his imprisonment. Stewart and Bahari became friendly, and Stewart decided to adapt Bahari's 2011 book "Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity and Survival" (co-written with Aimee Molloy) into a screenplay.
    • Goofs
      The "You're not alone" writing Maziar leaves on the wall near the end of the movie, changes when the next prisoner enters the cell.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Maziar Bahari: [narrating] Finally, I was free. But my joy is tempered by those I left behind. People who did not have the advantage of international attention. Country men and women whose only crime against the state is not believing in its perfection. And the acolytes, those without imagination, those who even in my confinement were more alone and afraid than I. Because in their hearts, they know they cannot win.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Anne Hathaway/Gael García Bernal/Madison Bumgarner/Stevie Nicks (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      New Bloom
      Written by Mahdyar Aghajani
      Performed by Mahdyar Aghajani

    User reviews42

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Thought provoking
    Rosewater is a thought provoking film about Canadian/Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari who is detained by Iranian secret services and is subtly interrogated under suspicion that he is a spy. I have seen it described as torture but it's quite clear he wasn't really physically tortured , arguably he was mentally . Directed by The Daily Show's , Jon Stewart . This is more about how social networking and modern forms of communication are bigger than dictatorships and how that when the word is spread it , people just can't disappear which would have happened previously. Some great performances from Gael García Bernal and Kim Bodnia make this a really good film. 7 out of 10
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    • valleyjohn
    • Jun 28, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 2014 (Israel)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 叛諜風暴
    • Filming locations
      • Amman, Jordan
    • Production companies
      • Busboy Productions
      • International Traders
      • MWM Studios
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,128,941
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,154,303
      • Nov 16, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,171,593
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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