Synopsis
Tehran-born Bahari is a 42-year-old broadcast journalist with Canadian citizenship living in London. In June 2009, Bahari returned to Iran to interview Mir-Hossein Moussavi, who was the prime challenger to controversial incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Moussavi’s supporters rose up to protest Ahmadinejad’s victory declaration hours before the polls closed on election day, Bahari endured great personal risk by submitting camera footage of the unfolding street riots to the BBC. Bahari was soon arrested by Revolutionary Guard police, led by a man identifying himself only as “Rosewater,” who proceeded to torture and interrogate the journalist over the next 118 days.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $10,000,000 |
| United Kingdom Releases: | May 8th, 2015 (Wide) |
| Video Release: | February 10th, 2015 by Universal Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: | R for language including some crude references, and violent content. (Rating bulletin 2347, 11/4/2014) |
| Running Time: | 102 minutes |
| Keywords: | Prologue, Intertitle, Set in Iran, Non-Chronological, Government Corruption, Investigative Journalist, Political Campaign, Civil Disobedience, News, Hallucinations, Prison, Cruel / Corrupt Wardens or Prison Guards, Biography, Autobiographical, Epilogue, Voiceover/Narration, Digital Cinematography, Political Drama |
| Source: | Based on Factual Book/Article |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Busboy, OddLot Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English, Farsi, Persian |