'Rosewater' Movie Trailer, Release Date [VIDEO] Watch Jon Stewart's Directorial Debut Movie First Look w/ Gael Garcia Bernal

This week marks the release of the first trailer for Rosewater, Jon Stewart's film adaptation of Iranian-born Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari's harrowing imprisonment story. Gael García Bernal stars as the wrongfully imprisoned journalist, who was detained for espionage during the 2009 Iranian elections. A release date is set for November 7, 2014.

As you can imagine, this film is a huge step out of Stewart's comfort zone because he's currently a comedian hosting a satire show. Though it isn't his forte, Bahari is his friend, so there's definitely an element of personalized emotion to the writing and directing of this film.

Watch the first trailer for Rosewater right here:

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Here is a synopsis of the movie:

Rosewater is based on the best-selling memoir by Maziar Bahari. The film is the directorial debut of Jon Stewart, and stars Gael García Bernal. Rosewater follows the Tehran-born Bahari, a journalist with Canadian citizenship. In June 2009, Bahari returned to Iran to interview Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who was the challenger to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Mousavi's supporters protested Ahmadinejad's victory declaration hours before the polls closed, Bahari endured personal risk by sending footage of the street riots to the BBC. Bahari was arrested by police, led by a man identifying himself as "Rosewater," who tortured and interrogated him over the next 118 days. With Bahari's wife leading an international campaign to have her husband freed, and media outlets keeping the story alive, Iranian authorities released Bahari on bail and the promise he would act as a spy for the government.