Directed by:
Jon StewartScreenplay:
Jon StewartCinematography:
Bobby BukowskiComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dimitri Leonidas, Numan Acar, Claire Foy, Hugh O'Brien, Kim Bodnia, Ahmad Massad, Golshifteh Farahani, Jason Jones (more)VOD (1)
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Rosewater tells the gripping true story of London-based Iranian journalist, Maziar Bahari, who was detained in Iran after filming incriminating footage of the riots that followed the unpopular election result in 2009. Arrested by the Revolutionary Guard, led by a man identifying himself only as Rosewater (Kim Bodnia), Bahari (Gael Garcia Bernal) was thrown into prison and brutally interrogated for 118 days. Recounting his efforts to maintain his hope and his sanity in the face of isolation and persecution - through memories of his family, recollections of his favourite music and thoughts of his wife and unborn child. (Works Film Group)
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Throughout the film, it's evident that it doesn't want to be primarily a cruel film, even though it depicts human cruelty. Above all, it's a film about a man who found himself in an undoubtedly unenviable situation. In some cases, fate is forgiving, and things can turn out relatively well. Unfortunately, the film's outcome can then be quite lackluster.
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