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Synopsis:
"Moody" is an Iranian doctor living in America with his American wife Betty and their child Mahtob. Drawn by news of the 1979 revolution in Iran and determined to rejoin his family and friends after a twenty-year absence, Moody convinces his wife to take a short holiday there with him and Mahtob. Betty is reluctant because Iran under Ayatollah Khomeini is not a pleasant place, especially for an American woman.
Soon after their arrival in Tehran, her worst fears are realized: Moody declares that they will stay. Betty resists, wanting to return home, but not without little Mahtob, her daughter.
Based on an actual experience, the movie reveals some of the intrigue and danger that Betty and Mahtob face in their narrow escape from a husband/father-turned-captor and his Islamic homeland.
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Filmed in Israel in 2001, the movie intends to show that the cultures of America and the Middle East are worlds apart, and it tries to help the viewer understand what Betty Mahmoody and her daughter experienced while detained in Iran between August 1984 and February 1986.
Unfortunately, it fails to give a realistic account of the 18-month ordeal. The movie sugar-coats the people involved, the living conditions, the brutality of Islam, and even the life-threatening escape that Betty and her six-year-old daughter finally made over the icy, snow-covered mountains bordering Iran and Turkey.
To learn more about the actual events, read the book by the same title.
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