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Plot. During the first months after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, wealthy Jewish Iranian gemologist Isaac Amin is suddenly arrested at his office in Tehran by the Revolutionary Guards who take him to prison. During his prison days, Isaac meets fellow prisoners of different backgrounds, who are tortured and finally prosecuted.
The Septembers of Shiraz (2007) is a debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer. It narrates the lives of a well-to-do Iranian family during and after the Iranian revolution which additionally overthrew the Shah and ushered in the Islamic republic. There is also a subplot involving a Hasidic family in New York.
Jun 18, 2016 · JTA — “Septembers of Shiraz” is a film about a prosperous Jewish family in Iran caught up in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah, based on Dalia Sofer’s well-received...
Jun 23, 2016 · The story, adapted by Hanna Weg from a novel by Dalia Sofer, centers on Isaac (Adrien Brody), an Iranian Jew, and his wife, Farnaz (Salma Hayek-Pinault). It’s 1979 in Iran, and this prosperous ...
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From this beginning, Sofer deftly interweaves Isaac’s experiences with those of the other members of his immediate family: his wife, Farnaz; his 9-year-old daughter, Shirin; and his 18-year-old...
Jun 15, 2016 · ( JTA) — “Septembers of Shiraz” is a film about a prosperous Jewish family in Iran caught up in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution that overthrew the shah. It’s based on Dalia Sofer’s...
Jun 24, 2016 · “Septembers of Shiraz” is a film about a prosperous Jewish family in Iran caught up in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution that overthrew the shah. It’s based on Dalia Sofer’s well-received...
