The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)
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Director: Mohammad Rasoulof Run Time: 167 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2024 Language: French
Starring: Mahsa Rostami, Misagh Zare, Niousha Akhshi, Setareh Maleki, Soheila Golestani
Country: Germany, France
Language: Persian
About the film:
Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran.
As political unrest erupts in the streets, Iman realizes that his job is even more dangerous than expected, making him increasingly paranoid and distrustful, even of his own wife Najmeh and daughters Sana and Rezvan.
About the filmmaker:
Mohammad Rasoulof is an Iranian independent filmmaker who is living in exile in Europe. He is known for several award-winning films, including The Twilight (2002), Manuscripts Don’t Burn (2013), and There Is No Evil (2020). For the latter, he won the Golden Bear at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival.
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