Bibliograph

Rosewater, Open Road Films ; Odd Lot Entertainment ; a Busboy production ; produced by Scott Rudin, Jon Stewart, Gigi Pritzker ; written and directed by Jon Stewart

Type

Label

Rosewater, Open Road Films ; Odd Lot Entertainment ; a Busboy production ; produced by Scott Rudin, Jon Stewart, Gigi Pritzker ; written and directed by Jon Stewart

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for language including some crude references, and violent content

Main title

Rosewater

Oclc number

899002755

Responsibility statement

Open Road Films ; Odd Lot Entertainment ; a Busboy production ; produced by Scott Rudin, Jon Stewart, Gigi Pritzker ; written and directed by Jon Stewart

Runtime

104

Summary

A Tehran-born journalist based in London, Maziar Bahari returns to Iran where he covers the 2009 presidential election and its ensuing riots. Falsely accused of espionage, Bahari is arrested and turned over to "Rosewater," a brutal interrogator who subjects the innocent reporter to months of beatings and torture to force him to confess he's a spy. Based on a true story

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

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