An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.An American woman trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutal husband must find a way for her and her daughter to escape.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
- Nasserine
- (as Soudabeh Farrokhnia)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlfred Molina hated the fact that he had to hit Sally Field.
- GoofsAt 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.
- Quotes
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!
Not only are Christians constantly knocked but so is capitalism and everything that the Hollywood Left is against, making this a very rare and unique film, and a pretty good one...
Sally Field's intensity gives it the proper shot to be more than an otherwise intense TV movie, and Alfred Molina makes a terrific villain... it is truly like being stuck in a nightmare, and none of the Hollywood corporate types, who usually make movies against corporations or Christians, would ever, ever want to live in the place where this woman thankfully escaped with her daughter.
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Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,789,113
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,804,055
- Jan 13, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $14,789,113
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1