Not without My Daughter
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Not without My Daughter |
| Original title | Not Without My Daughter |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , Persian |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Brian Gilbert |
| script | David W. Rintels |
| production |
Harry J. Ufland Mary Jane Ufland |
| music | Jerry Goldsmith |
| camera | Peter Hannan |
| cut |
Ofer Bedarshi Terry Rawlings |
| occupation | |
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Not Without My Daughter is an American film drama from 1991. It is based on the 1987 published review of Betty Mahmoody , in which the author, along with William Hoffer about their marriage and escape with her daughter before her husband from Iran reported . The German-language edition by Herlind Grau and Klara D. Klein was published in 1988 by Lübbe-Verlag , Bergisch Gladbach . The book was an immediate bestseller : in 1991, the 40th edition was reached. The film was released in the same year. The film grossed 14.8 million in the US dollar one. The shooting took place in Israel .
action
The American Betty Lover marries the Iranian doctor Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, who is called Moody . With him she has a daughter, whom they call Mahtob ( Persian : "moonlight") because Mahtob was born on a full moon night .
Despite Betty's objections, the family travels to Iran to visit Moody's family in Tehran . A two-week stay is planned. Moody, who has been hiding the termination of his employment at a hospital in the USA, announces that he and the family will from now on live in the land of his ancestors. He demands obedience from Betty, which he achieves through violence. Betty submits to his authority to make him believe that she too has chosen a life in Iran. However, Betty secretly seeks help, for example at the Swiss embassy, which at the time was looking after the interests of the USA vis-à-vis the Iranian government, as well as from friends. She receives a lot of compassion and help, but initially not enough for her to leave the country.
It is difficult for Betty to adapt to the customs of the country. Since she is perceived in Iran as an American as a symbol of the hated USA, she has a difficult position in this country anyway. Moody abuses Betty a lot. Eighteen months after arriving in Iran, she managed to escape with Mahtob. With the support of outsiders and at risk to life and limb, she fled to Turkey via the Zāgros Mountains in northwestern Iran . From there she flies back to the USA with her daughter.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of January 11, 1991 that the film addresses the emotions, but contains problematic ethical and racist statements. The negative image of Muslims appears shortly before a possible war in the Middle East . Ebert also noted that if the film described any other ethnic group in this way, it would be branded racist in the United States. Ebert praised the dramaturgy of the film and the presentations, especially that of Sally Field.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was “formally average”, “focused on feeling” and “subjective and one-sided reporting”.
The historian Margaret Ruth Miles criticized the film for insulting the Iranian people and misinterpretation of the Muslim Iranian culture .
Caryn James of The New York Times wrote in a film review : "The film exploits the stereotypes of the demonic Iranian ... a major artistic flaw in the film." Moody, she writes, is a "pure product of his culture, a women-hating, mysterious Oriental ... fanaticism is a characteristic of the Iranians".
A review in the Los Angeles Times described the film as "one-sided and twisted"; the film "fails to distinguish between the Iranian state and the Iranian people".
The film was to be broadcast on French and German television in 1998. The national team of Iran then threatened to boycott the 1998 World Cup . The film was broadcast in France. The German private broadcaster VOX, however, refrained from the planned broadcast because officially "a risk to employees cannot be ruled out".
Cinematic reply
In 2002, Kari Tervo and Alexis Kouros , a Finnish writer who was born in Iran, shot the documentary Without My Daughter (Dream Catcher Productions), which reflects the point of view of Betty Mahmoody's husband.
Awards
- 1991 golden canvas
- 1992 Young Artist Award for Sheila Rosenthal for Best Supporting Actress
literature
- Betty Mahmoody , William Hoffer : Not without my daughter. (Original title: Not Without My Daughter ). German by Herlind Grau and Klara D. Klein . Limited, full paperback edition. Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, 543 pages, ISBN 3-404-25590-9 .
- Berndt Schulz : The Betty Mahmoody story “Not without my daughter”. The book - the film - the woman. Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1991, 255 pages, ISBN 3-404-11627-5 .
Web links
- Not without my daughter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Not Without My Daughter with Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Box office results for Not without my daughter
- ↑ Filming locations for Not Without My Daughter
- ^ Review by Roger Ebert
- ↑ Not without my daughter. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Margaret Miles: Gender and Teaching in Higher Education. Women's Studies and Religion program at Claremont Graduate University, March 13, 2012, accessed July 30, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Seeing and Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies - by Margaret R. Miles, page 71
- ^ Caryn James , Embrace the Stereotype; Kiss the Movie Goodbye , The New York Times , January 27, 1991, Accessed August 15, 2009
- ↑ Without my daughter. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .