Not Without My Daughter (1991)

Directed by

Brian Gilbert

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 336 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American woman and her daughter are trapped in Iran by her abusive husband. She must find a way to escape with her child and return to the United States.

tensesuspensefulharrowingclaustrophobicemotionalgrimurgentisolating

What happens

Not Without My Daughter is a 1991 American drama film based on the 1987 book of the same name. It depicts the escape of American citizen Betty Mahmoody and her daughter, Mahtob, from her abusive ex-husband Sayyed "Moody" Bozorg Mahmoody in Iran. Filming was done in 1990 in the United States and Israel, and the main characters Betty and Moody are played by Sally Field and Alfred Molina, respectively. Sheila Rosenthal and Roshan Seth co-star as Mahtob and Houssein the smuggler, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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