Not Without My Daughter is a 1991 film depicting the real life escape of American citizen Betty Mahmoody and her daughter from her husband in Iran. It was filmed in the USA and Israel and the main characters are played by Sally Field and Alfred Molina. Sheila Rosenthal and Roshan Seth also co-star as Mahtob Mahmoody and Houssein the smuggler, respectively. Sheila Rosenthal won the Young Artist Award for Best Actress for her performance.
Plot
After many years of marriage to an Iranian doctor named Sayyed Bozorg "Moody" Mahmoody (Alfred Molina), Alpena, Michigan-bred Betty (Sally Field) is convinced by him to visit his family in Tehran for the first time. Although she has a lot of trepidation about traveling to the Middle East, her fear of violence is overcome by sympathy for her husband, who misses his family. After Moody swears on the Qu'ran that everything will be fine, Betty agrees to go. The happy couple set out with their young daughter, Mahtob, on a planned two week family vacation.
Upon arrival, Betty is immediately required to wear the traditional black veil, and is nearly arrested for inadvertently exposing some of her hair. Contrary to everything Betty had previously been led to believe, her husband's family turns out to be fanatically devout and conservative Muslims, who are very unhappy with how Americanized Moody has become. Towards the end of their scheduled holiday, her husband reveals that he has been fired from his job in Michigan (for racist reasons) and has decided the family will stay in Iran, where they are desperate for doctors. Suddenly, she sees a completely different side of him. When she objects to staying, he beats her and takes her credit cards, money and identification. She soon realizes that she and her daughter have become prisoners in her sister-in-law's home. She manages to speak with her own mother in the U.S., who provides her with an Embassy contact, before her husband cuts off her access to the telephone.
Betty sneaks out of the house and gets to the Swiss Embassy, where she learns that under Iranian law women have no legal rights concerning their children; she and her daughter are automatically considered Iranian citizens because Betty married a legal Iranian, and neither can leave the country without Moody's signed permission. To make matters worse, if Betty were to get a divorce, she could leave Iran but Mahtob would have to stay since Moody would get sole custody. Her husband becomes increasingly violent toward her and she is watched around the clock by his unsympathetic relatives. Realizing that her opportunities to escape are limited, she plays the part of a devout Muslim wife. She attempts to mend the relationship with her husband and expresses an interest in converting to Islam. Eventually, her husband loosens his tight reign, moving the family into his brother's home. Her traumatized daughter is enrolled in a Muslim school, where Betty is allowed to accompany her. Moody, however, bribes the headmistress not to allow Mahtob to leave the school unless he himself comes for her, resulting in a tension between Betty and the headmistress, although the headmistress attempts to do her best to make Betty comfortable. In a class about the Qu'ran, Betty meets Ellen, an American woman who is also married to an Iranian man. Their friendship between the two ends when Ellen tries to mail a letter to Betty, but stupidly brags about it to her abusive husband, who beats her and angrily tells Betty that women are not allowed secrets in Iran and should tell their husbands everything, no matter what.
Over time, Moody trusts Betty to make short, timed trips to the market, without her daughter. In the marketplace she meets a sympathetic shopkeeper, Hamid, who lets her use the telephone. Hamid overhears Betty's conversations, and introduces her to a friendly aristocrat named Houssein (Roshan Seth) who is secretly part of an underground network that assists Western women in her position, whether or not they can afford it, and she begins to plan her escape. When her father falls ill, Moody makes plans for her to return to the U.S. for a visit. Her initial happiness fades when he informs her that her daughter will remain in Iran with him, while she liquidates all their assets in the U.S. and sends the money back to Iran. When she objects to leaving Mahtob behind, he slams his fists on the table and walks away. Houssein fears that Betty will most likely never see her daughter again if she leaves her in Iran, and persuades her not to attempt to leave for the U.S. until the night of her escape, since Moody will not be able to get her passport's validation before the escape day. Moody's contacts, however, get the validation for a flight two days before her escape, making things even more difficult. The day before Betty is due to leave for the U.S. to see her father, Moody is called back to the hospital for an emergency. Betty takes advantage of this occasion to fake going out for a stroll with Mahtob to buy some presents for her family, and meets with Houssein. She calls Moody and informs him that if he calls the police, she will report him for practising medicine in an illegal clinic (he had previously been refused work due to his training in the US). She "agrees" to meet Moody with her lawyer the next day in order to buy some time, and then leaves the country with the smugglers, seen off by Houssein and his sister. In a harrowing journey through the desert and mountains, Betty and Mahtob escape Iran through Turkey, after eighteen months of living in Iran. The movie ends as they reach the U.S. Embassy in Ankara.
Closing cards reveal that Betty and Mahtob returned to the US on February 9, 1986, and that Betty now works as a writer and lecturer dedicated to helping other people in predicaments like her own.
Track listing
1. The Lake (02:37)
2. Night Stories (01:59)
3. The Promise (01:59)
4. Mistaken Identity (00:32)
5. No Job (03:14)
6. Trapped (02:46)
7. Street Call (01:19)
8. First Break (00:52)
9. Threats (01:30)
10. The Basement (00:40)
11. School's Out (01:09)
12. Don't Leave (03:30)
13. The Recruiters (00:55)
14. First Break (04:37)
15. Dry Spell (05:52)
16. The Flag/Back Home (05:43)
1-16 complete score
17. Piano Source (not used in film) (00:45)
18. Prelude - Chopin (02:29)
19. Joy To The World (00:27)
17-19 source cues
20. Orchestra Only Suite (20:07)
20 special bonus track
Total Duration: 01:03:02
Format: Mp3 320 kbps
Size: 145 MB
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