There were a couple of tense moments in the escape that make it look like they will not escape from Iran, but in the end they do make it. To pay for the trip we find out Isaac had hidden a few loose diamonds at his work (which had been ransacked by one of his employees to “hide everything for safe keeping”). Once he’s out he and his wife and daughter plan their escape from Iran to Turkey via the mountains. The Septembers of Shiraz (2007), a novel by Iranian writer Dalia Sofer, recounts the experiences of the Amins, an Iranian Jewish family, during the Iranian. A majority of the movie focuses on the torture (both physical and psychological) Issac goes through at the hands of the guards while his wife, Farnez (Salma Hayek-Pinault) tries to get information about him and his whereabouts, but is unsuccesful.Įventually thanks to the semi-caring head of the prison he’s being held in, Issac manages to get out, when he agrees to give all his fortune to the revolutionaries. Septembers of Shiraz Thriller 2016 1 hr 50 min CC BUY OR RENT Based on true events, Septembers of Shiraz follows a secular Jewish family whose lives are turned upside down in the wake. This book title, The Septembers of Shiraz (A Novel), ISBN: 9780061130410, by Dalia Sofer, published by HarperCollins (April 29, 2008) is available in. The next scene opens with Isaac (Adrien Brody) at his job as a gemologist/jeweler, when revolutionaries come to arrest him.

The film started with the introduction of the family having a party for their son who is about to go to Boston to attend a private school. The movie is based on a book of the same name, was the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, whose family escaped from Iran during the revolution in 1979. Septembers of Shiraz Thriller 2016 1 hr 50 min English audio PG-13 CC Buy or rent Based on true events, Septembers of Shiraz follows a secular Jewish family whose lives are turned. Septembers of Shiraz stars Adrien Brody and Salma Hayek-Pinault as a married Jewish couple during the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the struggles they went through as a result of it.

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