Not Without My Daughter (1991)

Judith Robinson: Ellen

Quotes 

• Betty Mahmoody : Have you become Muslim?

  Ellen : Mm-hmm.

  Betty Mahmoody : Did you convert?

  Ellen : Well, I wanted to, I guess. My husband was happy I did. It made things a lot better.

  [Ellen sees her husband waiting for her] 

  Ellen : Uh, I... I got to go.

  Betty Mahmoody : Ellen, it's been so...

  Ellen : No, really.

  [Ellen runs to her husband] 

• [referring to Ellen's husband] 

  Betty Mahmoody : Was he violent?

  Ellen : No, not in the States, never. They're not supposed to, you know. It's not Islamic.