Not Without My Daughter (8/12) Movie CLIP - I Want My Baby! (1991) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Betty (Sally Field) tries to pull her daughter out of school to escape Iran after her husband threatens her life, but the headmaster stands in her way.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
In this docudrama based on true events, a mid-'80s Michigan housewife finds her life turned upside down when a vacation to Tehran with her Iranian husband turns into virtual imprisonment for her and her young daughter. Betty Mahmoody (Sally Field) is reluctant to visit the wartorn homeland of her doctor husband, Moody (Alfred Molina). But, depressed about the racism of the American medical establishment and pining for contact with his family, Moody convinces her to join him for a two-week jaunt. The Islamic fundamentalism and strange customs of Iran bewilder and frighten Betty and her daughter, Mahtob (Sheila Rosenthal). But nothing prepares her for Moody's announcement that the family will be remaining in Tehran indefinitely. Despite beatings and more pervasive psychological control from her husband and his relatives, Betty makes it to the Swiss embassy (there is no American ambassador at the time). There, she learns that as the wife of an Iranian, she is now automatically considered a citizen and that she has absolutely no parental rights over Mahtob in this country. Betty then endures several years as a virtual prisoner, escaping only with the help of Westernized Iranian friends. Based on the book by the real-life Mahmoody and William Hoffer, Not Without My Daughter was coincidentally released during the long build-up to 1991's Gulf War.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1991)
Cast: Sarah Badel, Sally Field, Sheila Rosenthal, Yerusha Tirosh
Director: Brian Gilbert
Producers: Harry J. Ufland, Mary Jane Ufland, Anthony Waye
Screenwriters: Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer, David W. Rintels

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[erinreed]

Sally Field's Performance Is
SO POWERFUL In This Movie!!!

[Lovepeacejoy..]

This brought me to tears today in 2024, just like it did in 1991. Sally’s performance was outstanding!

[lollipopsnsugarsmiles]

It's not like they didn't wanna help her. By law they couldn't and if they did they'd be killed

[ScarlettM]

Child is the strongest leash for a woman that could possibly exist. If you possess the child - the woman is virtually your slave, no matter what you do to her, no matter who she is. In a way it's kinda scary.

[flipsba]

The real Mathob Mahmoody played cameo in that classroom scene as one of the students.

[dallasyap]

She can't even get her own child from school. That's sad.

[Kanuck]

I always felt bad for the woman from the embassy, and the headmistress...they were caught in between.

[marmiemarmalade]

This is the most saddest part of the movie! :(

[retroreceptionist]

Women really need to be wise when they pick the fathers of their children. Seriously.

[adamquiles]

Not sure why Sally Field received a Razzy for this. She's a powerhouse and the movie itself was terrific. Its mind boggling that it wasn't well received critically.

[dratiniegg]

Great acting all around, even the small roles like the teacher. Look at the body language of the actress at 1:04. She backs away startled with her hand up defensively as if she feared blows. The reflex tells you everything. She's a victim too.

[skymartinez]

Sally Field was and still is an amazing actress.

[somewereinwisconsin]

Sally Fields is something else! What an actress!!

[destinygraham]

It’s so sad they wanted to help her so bad but it’s the law there I pray she forgives them

[maryschneider]

Sally Field has the greatest anger and temper of anyone

[RedNightDragon]

Sally Field could be a rapper. Anyone notice how fast she talked when she reprimanded Nicole, and every word was clear?

[jonathancruz]

Sally Field deserve another Oscar or Golden Globe

[yumiko]

I remember doing a report in college about how women were treated in Iran/Afghanistan. My professor was actually from there. Boy was he pissed lol he told me life for women there is actually good and could get a woman from there to speak to me about it 🙄 like ok you’re a man … can’t speak for a woman. The woman he had in mind was probably under mental abuse anyway. Not saying all women experience this but a majority of them do.

[terrybaker]

I am not concerned about this kind of society outside of Europe, it's the Islamisation of Europe that gravely concerned me

[co_gmcghee]

omg...
I would have been yelling my child's name n going class to class until she ran out and fighting anyone who got in the way