Production Companies

Ufland, MGM-Pathé Communications, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview

"In 1984, Betty Mahmoody's husband took his wife and daughter to meet his family in Iran. He swore they would be safe. They would be happy. They would be free to leave. He lied."

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.