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Rosewater

Rosewater

20146.41h 43mR

Overview

In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.

Directed by Jon Stewart
Written by Maziar Bahari, Aimee Molloy, Jon Stewart
Produced by Scott Rudin, Atilla Salih Yücer, Gigi Pritzker
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Top Cast

Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal

Maziar Bahari

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Moloojoon

Kim Bodnia

Kim Bodnia

Javadi (Rosewater)

Claire Foy

Claire Foy

Paola

Haluk Bilginer

Haluk Bilginer

Baba Akbar

Golshifteh Farahani

Golshifteh Farahani

Maryam

Nasser Faris

Nasser Faris

Haj Agha

Dimitri Leonidas

Dimitri Leonidas

Davood

Amir El-Masry

Amir El-Masry

Alireza

Arian Moayed

Arian Moayed

Hamid

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Themes & Keywords

prisonbiographyreporterinterrogationiranamerican spy

About Rosewater

Rosewater is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of prison, biography, reporter, interrogation, iran, american spy. Directed by Jon Stewart, it stars Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Kim Bodnia. In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped interview with comedian Jason Jones. The interview was intended as satire, but if the Tehran authorities got the joke they didn't like it - and it would quickly came back to haunt Bahari when he was rousted from his family home and thrown into prison.

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