Rosewater

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IMDb Votes: 11,089Open on IMDb

Rated: R

Based of a true story about a journalist who gets detained and brutally interrogated in prison for 118 days. The journalist Maziar Bahari was blindfolded and interrogated for 4 months in Evin prison in Iran, while the only distinguishable feature about his captor is the distinct smell of rosewater. An interview and sketch that Maziar did with a journalist on The Daily Show (1996) was used as evidence that Maziar was a spy and in communication with the American government and the CIA.

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Runtime: 103 min

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination total

Box Office: $3,128,941