Rosewater

Year: 2014

Actors: Golshifteh Farahani, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Claire Foy, Gael García Bernal

Duration: 103 min

The true story of Maziar Bahari, an Iran-Canadian Newsweek journalist, who went back to Iran in 2009 to cover the national elections. Once the despot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the incumbent, wins the Presidency, protests breaks out. After filming and reporting on the election and protests, Bahari is arrested, imprisoned, and tortured.—grantss

Genre: Action   Biography   Drama