In a time when many people view Iran with caution and concern, The Rose Hotel presents the human face of the impact of trauma, war, and upheaval with the true-life story of Iran-born author Dr. Andalibian's family as their life of beauty and tranquility is ruptured by the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Observing Muslims and supporters of change, they fall from grace in the midst of the political power struggle between the emerging Khomeini regime, and The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Uprooted to London, and later California, they soon discover that although they escaped Iran, they are not free from a past of secrets and hidden truths.
Heart-breaking, inspiring, and beautifully told, The Rose Hotel tells a timely and universal story about the human condition and the possibility of healing after trauma. It also bears testament to the strength of family bonds and families as societal laboratories where everything gets tested – love, loyalty, compassion, hate, pain, loss – and the will to survive.
