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Film · 1991

Not Without My Daughter

Directed by Brian Gilbert · starring Sally Field, Alfred Molina and Sheila Rosenthal

  • 1 h 56 min
  • Drama · Thriller
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 20 June 1991
  • 5.6 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.0 Users2 votes
  • 4.3 Critics2 reviews
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Synopsis

Betty Mahmoody (Sally Field) lives happily married with her husband, the iranian doctor Sayyed Bozorg alias "Moody" (Alfred Molina) and his daughter Mahtob (Sheila Rosenthal) in Michigan, United States. Everything changes when the family travels to Tehran to visit a couple weeks to relatives of "Moody" in the Iranian capital with the little girl Mahtob, who only has four years. However, what seemed a simple family trip to the roots of the parent culture becomes a trap for Betty and Mahtob, which will be held in the country and stigmatized by their Western origin. 'Not Without My Daughter' is a film of Brian Gilbert carried out in the early 90s.

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The essentials

Runtime
116 min1 hour and 56 minutes
How long is Not Without My Daughter?
1 hour and 56 minutes (116 minutes).
When was Not Without My Daughter released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 20 June 1991.
Who directed Not Without My Daughter?
Brian Gilbert.
Who is in Not Without My Daughter?
It stars Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal and Roshan Seth.
Where can I watch Not Without My Daughter?
In the UK you can watch it on rent on Apple TV.
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Cast

Full cast (6)
Director
Brian Gilbert

Photos and posters

All 10 photos

Reviews

All 2 reviews
7.0 2 votes

What the critics say average 4.3 from 2

  • 4.5 Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman It would all be worth getting mad over were the film not so plodding or so obvious in its tactics. Read
  • 4.0 EmpireAngie Errigo This tearjerker is strictly TV movie for a wet Wednesday stuff. Read

Soundtrack

All 4 songs
  1. Happy Birthday to YouPublished Warner, Chappell Music Spotify
  2. Vissi D'ArteZinka Milanov, The Rome Orchestra, Chorus, Conducted Erich Leinsdorf Spotify
  3. Joy to the WorldPercy Faith Spotify
  4. Tavalodet MobarakThe Moody Family Spotify

Trivia

All 6 facts

  • Mahtob

    The real Mahtob appeared as an extra in a school scene.

  • The point of view of Seyyed Bozorg Mahmoody

    Mahtob's father, Seyyed Bozorg Mahmoody, later told his view of the events in the documentary film 'Ilman tytärtäni' (2002), aka "Without My Daughter."

  • Doctor Mahmoody

    The real Seyyed Bozorg Mahmoody died in 2009.

  • The escape

    In the book, Betty Mahmoody and Mahtob escaped Iran thru the northern mountain regions in the dead of winter with severe ice and snow. The producers planned to film the escape scene in the Eilat Mountain in Southern Israel. However, there was no snow that winter and the escape scene was going to scrapped. Many protests arose because they felt the scene was essential. Sally Field even threatened to quit the project. The producers looked for other locations but either they were too expensive or unsafe for the actors and the crew. Finally, the scene was re written to have Betty Mahmoodey and Mahtob traveling thru the desert in searing heat.

  • Moonlight

    "Mahtob" in Persian means "moonlight".

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