Una turista americana, di professione casalinga, intrappolata in un'intricata storia di terrore e fuga. Betty è andata in Medio Oriente in compagnia del figlio e del marito nativo del posto.... Leggi tuttoUna turista americana, di professione casalinga, intrappolata in un'intricata storia di terrore e fuga. Betty è andata in Medio Oriente in compagnia del figlio e del marito nativo del posto. È soltanto una vacanza le promette il marito. Ma non è così.Una turista americana, di professione casalinga, intrappolata in un'intricata storia di terrore e fuga. Betty è andata in Medio Oriente in compagnia del figlio e del marito nativo del posto. È soltanto una vacanza le promette il marito. Ma non è così.
- Premi
- 2 vittorie e 1 candidatura
- Nasserine
- (as Soudabeh Farrokhnia)
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- QuizAlfred Molina hated the fact that he had to hit Sally Field.
- BlooperAt the U. S. Embassy in Ankara, two Marine Security Guards in Service Uniforms are shown standing outside an entrance to the compound. In reality, they would be posted within the compound walls, in Utility Uniforms, for their safety and the safety of the American staff inside the Embassy. Turkish security personnel, employed by the Embassy, would handle security outside the walls, under the supervision and direction of the Marine Security Guards and the Regional Security Officer, a State Department senior Embassy official.
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Moody: I don't know how to say this to you. We're not going back. We're staying here.
Betty Mahmoody: [pauses] What do you mean? How long?
Moody: I want to get a job here in a hospital.
Betty Mahmoody: What?
Moody: I want us... to live in Iran.
Betty Mahmoody: [softly] No... No...
Moody: There's nothing for me in America.
Betty Mahmoody: No... What? Are you crazy? We're Americans. Your daughter's an American! Moody, honey, you're upset about your job. I understand that. We're going to go back today and we're going to fix it.
Moody: I want Mahtob to grow up here.
Betty Mahmoody: [increasingly angry] No!
Moody: I think she should become a Muslim!
Betty Mahmoody: [screams] No! No!
[pauses]
Betty Mahmoody: You lied to me. You lied to me! You held the Koran and you swore to me that nothing was going happen. You were planning this all the time. You lied to me!
Forget about all the negative reviews. If anyone thinks this film is showing Muslim Iranians who are on the side of Islamic Republic of Iran badly, they should come and live here for sometime. They simply haven't got a clue how Iran is and how living under this regime is. Iran is running by an Islamic fundamentalist totalitarian regime.
I'm sure nowadays if people and critics watch this film again will react to it extremely different. These days almost everyone knows about us. On 1991 lots of people didn't even know where Iran was on the map so they couldn't judge this film precisely.
For example, Argo which was released in 2012 was received very positively and had a similar story and I think Argo was even a bit weaker than this in terms of showing the horrors of living under Islamic regimes. Maybe not to cause Islamophobia which is a total fallacy that these days people use to justify their actions and stay center.
Don't get me wrong, it's not a perfect film and it has its own flaws. But its strength are many. The way it portraits the face of Islam in the family, those lies, hypocrisy, domestic violence, akhondism, kid soldiers for throwing on mines... these are unique to this film and history. We are living them everyday.
Betty Lover ''Mahmoody'' tried to capture the things she witnessed on her book. I haven't read it but I think they could adapt it in a good way. Because things that we are seeing on this film are true.
Iran after the revolution was and is a very dark country esp. In 1984-1986, in the middle of Iran-Iraq war.
7.5/10.
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- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 14.789.113 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 3.804.055 USD
- 13 gen 1991
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 14.789.113 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 56 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1