Rosewater

Rosewater 2014

7/10

NETFLIX Rating : 3.7

IMDB Rating : 6.6

FD Smart Rating : 7

Synopsis : While in Iran to cover the 2009 elections, journalist Maziar Bahari is detained and brutally interrogated after Iranian forces accuse him of spying.

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Andorra , Aruba , Belize , Bolivia , Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Trinidad and Tobago , Uruguay , Venezuela

Actors:

Gael Garcia Bernal , Dimitri Leonidas

Creators:

Jon Stewart , Maziar Bahari , Aimee Molloy

Languages:

European Spanish , English , Spanish

Subtitles:

European Spanish , Spanish

Genres:

Biography, Drama

Release Date:

2014

Run Time:

1h43m

Maturity Rating:

language including some crude references, and violent content

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 was used as evidence that Maziar was a spy and in communication with the American government and the CIA.

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