Ilman Tytärtäni (2002)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 93 minuten
Alternative title: Without My Daughter
Country:
Finland
Directed by: Alexis Kouros and Kari Tervo
Stars: Seyyed Bozorg Mahmoody
IMDb score:
3,9 (202)
Releasedate: 29 November 2002
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MisterPink
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Dr. Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, known from the film "Not Without My Daughter" as the kidnapping husband with a loose hand, is allowed to gloat over himself in this documentary and tell the so-called other side of the story. Well, the only witness is Alice Sharif, Betty Mahmoody's ex-girlfriend, who doesn't impress with her feigned surprise and nervous laugh. She claims, for example, that she never saw any bruises on Betty, and of course, there was nothing wrong, and every woman in Iran was free to stand wherever she wanted. According to this woman, Betty's motive is financial gain.
Dr. Mahmoody himself, of course, denies being a womanizer and, after 15 years (!), comes up with the brilliant idea of calling his daughter Mahtob for the first time with a camera running. Mahtob stated in an interview that she never wants to contact him again, but that's beside the point. Anyway, he then tries to make physical contact with her on neutral ground in Helsinki and ultimately leaves a message on the answering machine. It's starting to look like stalking, especially after he tries to extract his daughter's address through legal counsel and starts considering applying for a visa.
Dr. Mahmoody claims to be a victim of the deteriorating political relationship between America and Iran. After the embassy hostage crisis, he was reprimanded by his mother-in-law and subsequently punished with the book and the film. A complete conspiracy, in other words. The book was supposedly propaganda, not an autobiography of Betty, but written by the Zionist author William Hoffer. And that's where my alarm bells go off. Judge Roslyn then throws in the antisemitic trope that Jews in America control the media and information.
No, what a pathetic piece of junk this is. Rightfully deserves the lowest score: 0.5
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