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Feature film — 2014

Rosewater (2014)

6.41h 43mDrama

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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Director: Jon Stewart

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Cast & crew

Gael García Bernal as Maziar Bahari

Gael García Bernal

Maziar Bahari

Shohreh Aghdashloo as Moloojoon

Shohreh Aghdashloo

Moloojoon

Kim Bodnia as Javadi (Rosewater)

Kim Bodnia

Javadi (Rosewater)

Claire Foy as Paola

Claire Foy

Paola

Haluk Bilginer as Baba Akbar

Haluk Bilginer

Baba Akbar

Golshifteh Farahani as Maryam

Golshifteh Farahani

Maryam

Nasser Faris as Haj Agha

Nasser Faris

Haj Agha

Dimitri Leonidas as Davood

Dimitri Leonidas

Davood

Amir El-Masry as Alireza

Amir El-Masry

Alireza

Arian Moayed as Hamid

Arian Moayed

Hamid

Numan Acar as Rahim

Numan Acar

Rahim

Andrew Gower as Jimmy the avid editor

Andrew Gower

Jimmy the avid editor

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