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Critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

All well and good—and, again, damn near unquestionably sincere...

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Godfrey Cheshire
rated 8

...gripping, intelligent directorial debut of TV personality Jon Stewart, who also wrote the screenplay, based on Bahari’s post-prison memoir, “Then They Came For Me.”

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Helen O'Hara
rated 8

Gripping, humane and lighter than it sounds, Stewart’s first foray into directing suggests that he was right to quit the day job.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Mark Kermode
rated 6

...Danish Kim Bodnia is the movie’s secret weapon as his tormentor, a tightly wound knot of fear and (self-)loathing whose fury toward his captive is fuelled by his own pathetically powerless circumstance.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

Stewart has created a humane black tragicomedy...

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Critic Jesper Olsen
rated 5

Den tykpandede torturbøddel bliver både menneskelig og sågar elskelig i Bodnias solbrune skikkelse.

Read full review at Soundvenue

Cast & Crew

Jon Stewart
Director
Gael García Bernal
As Maziar Bahari
Haluk Bilginer
As Baba Akbar
Kim Bodnia
As Javadi (Rosewater)
Shohreh Aghdashloo
As Moloojoon
Jason Jones
As Jason Jones

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Rosewater is a gripping drama based on the true story of Maziar Bahari, a London-based Iranian journalist who was detained and brutally interrogated in Iran for 118 days in 2009. Bahari was accused of spying and faced harsh treatment, including torture, while his pregnant fiancée waited anxiously for his release. Despite the odds against him, Bahari never lost hope and remained determined to survive and tell his story to the world. With a strong cast, including Gael García Bernal as Bahari, the film takes viewers on a powerful and emotional journey, shedding light on the dark realities of political oppression and the human spirit's unbreakable will to persevere.

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Rosewater was released in theaters on November 7, 2014.