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title: "Not Without My Daughter"
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# Not Without My Daughter

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Product Description BASED ON THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY!Two-time Academy Award® Winner* Sally Field (Forrest Gump)adds another powerful acting triumph to her gallery of great roles in the suspense thriller Not Without My Daughter, a riveting true story of terror and escape. Betty has come to the Middle East with her daughter and native-born husband Sayeed (Alfred Molina, Spider-Man 2) for a visit with his family, but soon the horrible truth about their vacation surfaces; Betty's husband doesn't intend to bring his family back to America...ever. She may return, he says, but their daughter must stay. And he has centuries of local custom and the oppressive might of a police state behind him. As a stranger in a foreign land, Betty has no money, no friends and no rights. But she does have an unconquerable will. In a hostile, war-torn country, where even the slightest misstep can mean death, she makes a desperate bid to escape with her child. Her story, her courage and her ultimate triumph are unforgettable.*1979: Actress, Norma Rae, 1984, Actress, Places in the HeartSPECIAL FEATURES:High Definition Blu-ray (1080p, 1.85:1) presentation of the main featureAudio: English Stereo Surround, French Stereo Surround, Spanish MonoSubtitles: French, Spanish''Making of '' FeaturetteOriginal Theatrical Trailer Special Features May Not Be Rated, Closed Captioned or in High Definition. Review Spellbinding, nail-biting, heart-rending tension! --Patrick Stoner, FLICKS/PBS-TV

Review: Amazing movie by an equally amazing actress! - As an independent filmmaker there are few movies I will give a full five stars credit to, but this is definitely one of them. Sally Fields outdid herself with her amazing performance in this film about an American wife and mother who hesitantly goes on vacation in Iran to please her Iranian husband then becomes entrapped when he refuses to let her return to the U.S. with her daughter. The film is based on a true story from the book written by Betty Mahoody. This was truly an award winning performance on Sally Fields behalf and a film that brings accurate reality to Americans as to how vulnerable we become once we are on foreign soil. The story is riveting as Betty Mahoody attempts to escape Iran several times with her daughter, Mahtob, and ends up caught in the act where she suffers abuse and isolation from her husband as punishment. Finally she enables the help of a sympathetic Iranian shopkeeper who connects her to the right friendly outsider to assist in escaping, only to discover that her husband has foiled her plans with the intention of sending her off to America without her daughter. Desperate to keep her child, Betty finds a much more dangerous method of escape and must travel over warring territories by truck and horse until both she and her daughter are finally dropped on Turkey's doorstep and out of harm's way. This is a film you will rehash and watch time and again. Great script, and an excellent performance by Alfred Molina as Betty's husband. This is a hard to find DVD and can be expensive to obtain as the original version came out in VHS in 1990.
Review: Powerful True Story - This is the true story of an American woman whose Iranian husband forced her and her daughter to stay in Iran for a year and a half, until she could undertake a dangerous but successful escape back to America. The book this is based on has more depth, but this film is still well made and fascinating. It's a view into the revolutionary era of Iran in the 1980's, and the clash of cultures between that world and the USA. The film also serves as a warning about the potential danger of having children with a foreign national. Custody rights are often impossible to enforce outside American borders.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B07GGC5RFB |
| Actors  | Alfred Molina, Roshan Seth, Sally Field, Sarah Badel, Sheila Rosenthal |
| Best Sellers Rank | #14,277 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #1,997 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (459) |
| Director  | Brian Gilbert |
| MPAA rating  | PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) |
| Media Format  | Anamorphic, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Product Dimensions  | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 5.92 ounces |
| Release date  | December 18, 2018 |
| Run time  | 1 hour and 56 minutes |
| Studio  | Mvd Marquee Collect |
| Subtitles:  | English |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing movie by an equally amazing actress!
*by B***O on February 9, 2014*

As an independent filmmaker there are few movies I will give a full five stars credit to, but this is definitely one of them. Sally Fields outdid herself with her amazing performance in this film about an American wife and mother who hesitantly goes on vacation in Iran to please her Iranian husband then becomes entrapped when he refuses to let her return to the U.S. with her daughter. The film is based on a true story from the book written by Betty Mahoody. This was truly an award winning performance on Sally Fields behalf and a film that brings accurate reality to Americans as to how vulnerable we become once we are on foreign soil. The story is riveting as Betty Mahoody attempts to escape Iran several times with her daughter, Mahtob, and ends up caught in the act where she suffers abuse and isolation from her husband as punishment. Finally she enables the help of a sympathetic Iranian shopkeeper who connects her to the right friendly outsider to assist in escaping, only to discover that her husband has foiled her plans with the intention of sending her off to America without her daughter. Desperate to keep her child, Betty finds a much more dangerous method of escape and must travel over warring territories by truck and horse until both she and her daughter are finally dropped on Turkey's doorstep and out of harm's way. This is a film you will rehash and watch time and again. Great script, and an excellent performance by Alfred Molina as Betty's husband. This is a hard to find DVD and can be expensive to obtain as the original version came out in VHS in 1990.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful True Story
*by A***R on May 6, 2019*

This is the true story of an American woman whose Iranian husband forced her and her daughter to stay in Iran for a year and a half, until she could undertake a dangerous but successful escape back to America. The book this is based on has more depth, but this film is still well made and fascinating. It's a view into the revolutionary era of Iran in the 1980's, and the clash of cultures between that world and the USA. The film also serves as a warning about the potential danger of having children with a foreign national. Custody rights are often impossible to enforce outside American borders.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Movie
*by R***N on January 10, 2026*

Love to as described

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