--- description: Gael García Bernal plays a journalist imprisoned during the 2009 Iranian election title: Watch the Trailer for Jon Stewart's Directorial Debut 'Rosewater' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bcf3b844c6ddcf1/6986a15b13c79f1474193a5f/gael-garcia-rosewater.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the Trailer for Jon Stewart's Directorial Debut _Rosewater_  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 28, 2014 8:50 PM CUT  Mexican actor-director Gael Garcia Bernal walks on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 20th edition of Sarajevo Film festival in Sarajevo on August 15, 2014. Mexican actor-director Gael Garcia Bernal walks on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 20th edition of Sarajevo Film festival in Sarajevo on August 15, 2014.Elvis Barukcic—AFP/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 28, 2014 8:50 PM CUT Iranian-born Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was imprisoned, interrogated and tortured on spy charges for 118 days after covering the 2009 Iranian election. Written and directed by Jon Stewart — yes, the host of _The Daily Show_, making his directorial debut — _Rosewater_ tells the story of Bahari’s ordeal, which he also recounted in his 2011 memoir _Then They Came for Me_. Mexican actor Gael García Bernal plays Bahari, who in real life landed in hot water with the Iranian authorities partly because of a mock interview he did on Stewart’s show back in 2009\. That segment was later used against him as evidence of seditious activity. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3210316/rosewater-trailer-gael-garcia-bernal-jon-stewart/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3210316/rosewater-trailer-gael-garcia-bernal-jon-stewart/"},"headline":"Watch the Trailer for Jon Stewart's Directorial Debut Rosewater","datePublished":"2014-08-28T20:50:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:55:14.689Z","description":"Gael García Bernal plays a journalist imprisoned during the 2009 Iranian election","url":"https://time.com/3210316/rosewater-trailer-gael-garcia-bernal-jon-stewart/","keywords":["movies","Movie trailers","Trailers","Jon Stewart"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bcf3b844c6ddcf1/6986a15b13c79f1474193a5f/gael-garcia-rosewater.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2bcf3b844c6ddcf1/6986a15b13c79f1474193a5f/gael-garcia-rosewater.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mexican actor-director Gael Garcia Bernal walks on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 20th edition of Sarajevo Film festival in Sarajevo, on August 15, 2014.","caption":"Mexican actor-director Gael Garcia Bernal walks on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 20th edition of Sarajevo Film festival in Sarajevo, on August 15, 2014.","creditText":"Elvis Barukcic—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3210316/rosewater-trailer-gael-garcia-bernal-jon-stewart/","name":"Watch the Trailer for Jon Stewart's Directorial Debut Rosewater"}}]}] ```