Without My Daughter
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| Directed by | Kari Tervo Alexis Kouros |
| Written by | Alexis Kouros |
| Produced by | Kari Tervo Alexis Kouros |
| Starring | Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody |
| Cinematography | Jari Pollari |
| Edited by | Riitta Poikselkä |
| Music by | Tuomas Kantelinen |
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| Country | Finland |
| Languages | English Persian |
| Budget | €423,600 |
Without My Daughter (2002, Finland) is a 90-minute documentary directed by Kari Tervo and Alexis Kouros.[1][2][3] It was created by Dr. Sayyed "Moody" Bozorg Mahmoody to refute many of the claims made by his wife in Not Without My Daughter.
In 1987, "Not Without my Daughter" was published, based on the story of an American woman, Betty Mahmoody. According to the book, Mahmoody and her daughter, Mahtob, were taken by her Iranian husband, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, for a "two-week holiday" to Iran, and he kept them there against their will. She managed to escape 18 months later over the mountains into Turkey, taking their 5-year-old daughter with her back to the United States. In 1991, Not Without My Daughter, a film starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina, was released, based on the events described in her book.
Festival screenings
[edit]- International Documentary Festival Amsterdam IDGA, Joris Ivens series 2002
- Docpoint International Documentary festival, Helsinki, Finland 2003
- Gothenburg Film Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden 2003
- Fajr Film Festival, Tehran, Iran 2003
- Tampere International Film Festival, Tampere, Finland 2003
- VERA, Short and Documentary Film Festival, Mariehamn, Finland 2003
- East Lansing International Film Festival, Michigan, USA 2003
- Jeon Ju International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea 2003
References
[edit]- ^ Nesselson, Lisa (10 April 2003). "Without My Daughter". Variety. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Totman, S. (2009). How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230101227., pg. 66
- ^ Snodgress, Mary Ellen (2008). Beating the Odds: A Teen Guide to 75 Superstars Who Overcame Adversity. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313345654., pg. 258
External links
[edit]- Without My Daughter at IMDb
- Finnish documentary counters anti-Iran propaganda in US film[1]
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- ^ "Finnish documentary counters anti-Iran propaganda in US film". Payvand. Internet Archive: Payvand. 22 Nov 2002. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2024.