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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Wayne Blair

Wayne Blair is known for adapting The Septembers of Shiraz, the book by Dalia Sofer published in 2014, for cinema.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
The Broken Shore. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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The Broken Shore
Peter Temple, 2005
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The Broken Shore
Rowan Woods, 2013

Detective Joe Cashin unravels a tangled web of deceit, disloyalty, and police misconduct in a tiny coastal town, where the strain has reached a fever pitch, and the distressing reality concealed beneath the town’s honorable veneer is gradually brought to light.

Septembers of Shiraz. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2007 book, The Septembers of Shiraz
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The Septembers of Shiraz
Dalia Sofer, 2007
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Septembers of Shiraz
Wayne Blair, 2015

Septembers of Shiraz depicts the plight of a Jewish family that adheres to a non-religious way of life and undergoes an upheaval as a result of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Isaac is apprehended and taken to an undisclosed detention center, leaving his wife to grapple with the aftermath and find a way to obtain Isaac’s freedom and safeguard their family.