Stars: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal

Director: Brian Gilbert

Summary: Betty Mahmoody (Sally Field) is an American woman, wife of an Iranian-born doctor, who travels to Iran under her husband's pretense of a vacation. She is horrified to learn her husband intends to live there and refuses to allow her or their daughter to leave. She then begins a desperate and dangerous plan to escape the country with her daughter. Based on a true story.

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The Arab anti-defamation leagues understandably had a field day with this one. Sally Field plays Betty Mahmoody, an American who marries an Iranian (Alfred Molina) and has a child. They go back to Iran for a visit and, to her horror, he tells her he's decided to stay there. If she wants to leave, she must leave her daughter behind. If she stays, Betty must live in a culture vastly different and, she believes, very dangerous. Part thriller, part culture clash, the film certainly takes advantage of Americans' perceptions of Iran after the unrest of the '70s and early '80s. Molina is truly despicable as the husband, while Field projects a lot of overheated anguish as Betty tries to figure out a way to escape the country with her daughter. Overheated, in fact, is the word for the whole melodrama. --Marshall Fine, amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menu Screens, Chapter Selections
Subtitles:	Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Year:	1991
Release Date:	February 7, 2005
Runtime:	111 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	10005016
Keywords:	Not, General, Without, Daughter, My, Drama
Genre:	Drama