Rosewater (2014)
R 27 Nov 2014 • Biography, Drama • 1h 43m
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.
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Language:
English
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination
Country:
United States
Metacritic Score:
67
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Box Office Total:
$3,128,941