Storyline

Based of a true story about a journalist who gets detained and brutally interrogated in prison for 118 days. The journalist Maziar Bahari was blindfolded and interrogated for 4 months in Evin prison in Iran, while the only distinguishable feature about his captor is the distinct smell of rosewater. An interview and sketch that Maziar did with a journalist on The Daily Show (1996) was used as evidence that Maziar was a spy and in communication with the American government and the CIA.—abivians

Plot Keywords

prison, journalism, hijab, based on true story, torture, political prisoner, anguish, execution, interrogation, actor playing himself, based on memoir, directorial debut, based on book, bechdel test failed, justice, journalist, iran, protest, pregnant wife, in medias res

Short Review

The rest of the film is...kinda all over the place.

Trailer

Streaming Service

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