Rosewater (2014)

Name: Rosewater
Director: Jon Stewart
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014-11-07
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Kim Bodnia, Claire Foy

Drama

Director: Jon Stewart

Cast: Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Kim Bodnia, Claire Foy

6.6

76%

Runtime103 min

Rating15

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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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Rosewater, directed by comedian Jon Stewart in 2014, is a compelling drama that offers an intimate look at the harsh realities faced by journalists working in repressive regimes. With a standout performance by Gael García Bernal, the film provides a thought-provoking exploration of the personal cost of reporting the truth, making it a must-see for fans of political thrillers and character-driven stories.

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Rosewater is a 2014 American political drama film written, directed and produced by Jon Stewart, based on the memoir Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari and Aimee Molloy. It recounts Bahari's 2009 imprisonment by Iran, connected to an interview he participated in on The Daily Show that same year; Iranian authorities presented the interview as evidence that he was in communication with an American spy. Due to the content of the film, Stewart has been accused by Iran's state TV of being funded by Zionists and working with the CIA. The film was released in theaters on November 14, 2014. The film received generally positive reviews.