United States / Aug 29, 2014 / Telluride Film Festival
1h 43min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Dimitri Leonidas | Davood |
| Amir El-Masry | Alireza |
| Arian Moayed | Hamid |
| Numan Acar | Rahim |
| Andrew Gower | Jimmy the avid editor |
| Jason Jones | Jason Jones |
| Kambiz Hosseini | Hassan |
| Ayman Sharaiha | Blue-Eyed Seyyed |
| Zeid Kattan | Seyyed |
| Ali Elayan | Channel One State TV Interviewer |
| Nidal Ali | Prison Soundsman |
| Alex Klaus | Prison Barber |
| Firas Fanni | Another Prisoner |
| Alaadin Khasawneh | Prison Guard |
| Hamid Masri | Admission Guard #1 |
| Wissam Tobaileh | Admission Guard #2 |
| Amir Rahimzadeh | Abdul |
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| Manar Mughrabi | Female Agent |
| Mohammad Abdel Raheem | Cyrus |
| Manaf Irani | Avid Debate Watcher |
| Mohammad Sami | Teenage Boy |
| Miles Jupp | Maziar's Producer |
| Lindsey Hilsum | Herself |
| Ed Ward | Field Producer |
| Jonathan Hopper | Young Rosewater |
| Bassam Hanna | Rosewater's Father |
| Nafisa Ghazi | Rosewater's Mother |
| Hassan Sha'er | 1980 Prison Warden |
| Ahmad Massad | Tavab |
| Hamza Muhaisen | Young Maziar |
| Saif Goussous | Polling Station Policeman |
| Ali Hussein | Maziar's Newborn Daughter |
| Saro Karaoghlanian | Maziar's Friend |
| Hannah Douglass | Flight Attendant |
| Eyad Zoubi | Shah's Guard |
| Mohammad Nizar | Cyrus |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Rosewater |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | International Traders, OddLot Entertainment, Busboy Productions |
| Release date | 7 novembre 2014 |
| Production | Atilla Salih Yücer, Gigi Pritzker, Scott Rudin, Jon Stewart |
| Writer | Maziar Bahari, Aimee Molloy, Jon Stewart |
| Casting | Jina Jay, Debra Zane, Rachel Desmarest |
| Editing | Jay Rabinowitz |
| Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
| Assistant directors | Jon Stewart, Mary Bailey |
| Camera operators | Bobby Bukowski |
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| Additional photography | Bobby Bukowski |
| Production design | Gerald Sullivan, Samy Keilani, Karim Kheir, Nasser Zoubi |
| Art direction | Samy Keilani, Gerald Sullivan, Karim Kheir, Nasser Zoubi |
| Set decoration | Karim Kheir, Nasser Zoubi, Samy Keilani, Gerald Sullivan |
| Music | Howard Shore |
| Sound | Howard Shore |
| Costume design | Abdo Rayyan, Phaedra Dahdaleh |
| Makeup | Abdo Rayyan, Phaedra Dahdaleh |
| Hairstyling | Abdo Rayyan, Phaedra Dahdaleh |
Release dates
Premiere
Canada / Sep 08, 2014 / Toronto International Film Festival
United Kingdom / Oct 12, 2014 / 15 / London Film Festival
Theatrical release
Brazil / Nov 07, 2014 / 14
United States / Nov 07, 2014 / R
Israel / Nov 27, 2014 / הותר לכל
Australia / Jan 27, 2015 / M
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United Kingdom / May 08, 2015 / 15
Greece / Aug 06, 2015
Digital
Ireland / May 08, 2015 / 15
TV
Israel / Aug 20, 2015 / הותר לכל
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