The read
A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, Metacritic 67/100. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic67/100
195 audience votes
Key crew
- Jon StewartScreenplay
- Jon StewartDirector
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gael García BernalMaziar Bahari
- Shohreh AghdashlooMoloojoon
- Kim BodniaJavadi (Rosewater)
- Claire FoyPaola
- Haluk BilginerBaba Akbar
- Golshifteh FarahaniMaryam
- Nasser FarisHaj Agha
- Dimitri LeonidasDavood
- Amir El-MasryAlireza
- Arian MoayedHamid
- Numan AcarRahim
- Andrew GowerJimmy the avid editor
