Trivia

Alfred Molina hated the fact that he had to hit Sally Field.

The real Mahtob appeared as an extra in a school scene.

Filmed almost entirely in Israel. The exception being the last shot which featured the American embassy in Turkey.

The real Seyyed Bozorg Mahmoody died in 2009.

Alfred Molina revealed in an interview that he was once punched in the face by a man who had seen this movie and assumed that Molina was the real Moody and not just an actor.