Film2014103 min

Rosewater

Name: Rosewater
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jason Jones, Haluk Bilginer, Nasser Faris

Taste attributes: dramabiographyespionagejournalisticslowheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA grounded drama that is slow-burning, layered and heavy. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.6 /10

TMDB · 149 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
Originality: Balanced originality, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

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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