Without My Daughter

Without My Daughter (2002, Finland) is a 90-minute documentary directed by Kari Tervo and Alexis Kouros.[1][2][3]

Without My Daughter
Directed byKari Tervo
Alexis Kouros
Produced byKari Tervo
Alexis Kouros
Written byAlexis Kouros
StarringSayyed Bozorg Mahmoody
Music byTuomas Kantelinen
CinematographyJari Pollari
Edited byRiitta Poikselkä
Release date
2002
CountryFinland
LanguageEnglish
Persian
Budget€423,600

In 1987, a book titled Not Without My Daughter was published, based on the story of an American woman, Betty Mahmoody. According to the book, Mahmoody and her daughter Mahtob Mahmoody were taken by her Iranian husband, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, for a "two-week holiday" to Iran, and he kept them there against their will. She managed to escape 18 months later, taking their 5-year-old daughter with her to Turkey and back to the United States. In 1991, a movie titled Not Without My Daughter starring Sally Field was released, based on the events described in her book.

This documentary tells Sayyed Mahmoody's side of that story. It goes beyond the personal and emotional desires of a father seeking to meet his daughter, and explores the wider political and global contexts underlying the case of the Mahmoody family.

Festival screenings
  • International Documentary Festival Amsterdam IDGA, Joris Ivens series 2002
  • Docpoint International Documentary festival, Helsinki, Finland 2003
  • Gothenburg Film Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden 2003
  • Fajr Film Festival, Tehran, Iran 2003
  • Tampere International Film Festival, Tampere, Finland 2003
  • VERA, Short and Documentary Film Festival, Mariehamn, Finland 2003
  • East Lansing International Film Festival, Michigan, USA 2003
  • Jeon Ju International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea 2003

References
  1. Nesselson, Lisa (10 April 2003). "Without My Daughter". Variety. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. Totman, S. (2009). How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230101227.page 66
  3. Snodgress, Mary Ellen (2008). Beating the Odds: A Teen Guide to 75 Superstars Who Overcame Adversity. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313345654.page 258


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