![]() ![]() ![]() But as the 75-minute film draws to a close, one emotion far surpasses all others: this film will make you furious.” The unwavering dedication of her husband, Richard, who campaigned to free her, the reunions for both with their daughter, Gabriella, and the hunger strikes that Richard and Nazanin endured are incredibly moving. “Watching Nazanin, the documentary that chronicles Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s imprisonment in Iran and the fight to bring her home, is an emotional rollercoaster. Nazanin kept a kind of audio diary, and we now hear recordings that reflect her private thoughts at the time.” We share the heartbreak when Nazanin says she can’t go on or reveals that she’s been arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards yet again, and told, before a “trial”, that she’d better pack a bag because she’s obviously going back to prison. ![]() We feel the cold and the tummy cramps as he sleeps rough outside the Iranian Embassy and the Foreign Office on hunger strike – this was a six-year fight for his right to a family life. We share the frustration of the Zoom call with British ministers. We are there with them at home as Richard and, later daughter Gabriella, take the calls from prison or house arrest in Iran. “This is a very intimate piece of storytelling, almost entirely through the family’s words, with Richard always unscripted and calmly straightforward. ![]()
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