Synopsis
In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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Cast
- Adrien BrodyIsaac
- Salma Hayek PinaultFarnez
- Gabriella WrightFarideh
- Shohreh AghdashlooHabibeh
- Bashar RahalKomiteh Member
- Alon AbutbulMohsen
- Anthony AziziMehdi
- Nasser MemarziaMansoor
- Maggie PartoVoice Over
- Armin AmiriKeyvan
Recommendations
- 30
Los Angeles Times
The trouble is, director Wayne Blair’s perfunctorily handled adaptation of Dalia Sofer’s 2008 novel is long on cardboard characterizations and short on genuine tension. - 30
The New York Times
It’s a movie whose good heart is outweighed by its heavy hand. - 20
The Guardian
This lifeless, by-the-numbers production is an excruciating exercise in cliche and tedium. Its sole joy is in trying to figure out which of its leads is overacting most. - 20
Village Voice
While the film aims for humane evenhandedness, recognizing both Farnez's lower-class condescension and the revolutionaries' hypocrisy, the characters are so skin-deep that we never respond to them as people. - 12
RogerEbert.com
The result is another vacuous melodrama/thriller that doesn’t lay a glove on the era’s historical complexities.
