Taking place in post-revolutionary Iran, Wayne Blair’s “Septembers of Shiraz” stars Adrien Brody and Salma Hayek as a Jewish couple who give up their possessions to the cause but still find themselves enemies of it. A new clip from the adaptation of Dalia Sofer’s 2007 novel, which comes to theaters next week, gives a sense of Blair’s brand of suspense.
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In it, an accented Brody finds himself inside an empty cell lit only by the flashlight of the masked man who enters and offers him water. The two have a brief chat about the cathartic power of tears before the interrogator hands Brody a Quran: “You might find it helpful,” he tells him through the burlap sack covering his face. “You have to believe that you will make it. Have faith.”
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In it, an accented Brody finds himself inside an empty cell lit only by the flashlight of the masked man who enters and offers him water. The two have a brief chat about the cathartic power of tears before the interrogator hands Brody a Quran: “You might find it helpful,” he tells him through the burlap sack covering his face. “You have to believe that you will make it. Have faith.”
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- 6/22/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Here’s a glimpse of director Wayne Blair’s thriller Septembers Of Shiraz, based on the best-selling novel by Dalia Sofer. The film will debut at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival as a Gala presentation. Starring Salma Hayek, Adrien Brody, and Shohreh Aghdashloo, the film portrays the true story of a secular Jewish family and the unexpected journey they face during post-revolustionary Iran. The clip features Farnez Amin (Hayek), pleading for…...
- 8/22/2015
- Deadline
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