Rosewater

USA 2014, 103 minutes
Dir. Jon Stewart
In English, Farsi with English subtitles
Rating: [M] Violence and offensive language
Genres: Drama / Hostages & Terrorism

Feat. Gael Garcia Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Dimitri Leonidas, Haluk Bilginer, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Golshifteh Farahani, Claire Foy

“Stewart's confident, superbly acted debut feature works as both a stirring account of human endurance and a topical reminder of the risks faced by journalists in pursuit of the truth.”~Scott Foundas, Variety

Aroview: The Daily Show's Jon Stewart makes a searing directorial debut with this true story of an Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari who was detained by Iranian forces under suspicions that he was a spy. True to Stewart's reputation, this finds appropriate room for both earnest political sentiment and deft ironic wit.