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FilmMovie ReviewsRosewater — 2014

Rosewater

2014

1h 43m

Biography/Drama

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Cast

Gael García Bernal (Maziar Bahari)Kim Bodnia (Javadi (Rosewater))Dimitri Leonidas (Davood)Haluk Bilginer (Baba Akbar)Shohreh Aghdashloo (Moloojoon)Golshifteh Farahani (Maryam)Claire Foy (Paola)Amir El-Masry (Alireza)Nasser Faris (Haj Agha)Kambiz Hosseini (Hassan)Numan Acar (Rahim)Ayman Sharaiha (Blue-Eyed Seyyed)Zeid Kattan (Seyyed)Ali Elayan (Channel One State TV Interviewer)Nidal Ali (Prison Soundsman)Alex Klaus (Prison Barber)Firas Fanni (Another Prisoner)Alaadin Khasawneh (Prison Guard)

Director

Jon Stewart

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Synopsis

Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.

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