Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof's daring new film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' exposes the repressive, patriarchal realities of Iran's authoritarian regime through the fracturing of a family.
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Rasoulof was forced to secretly film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' in Iran, as he faces an 8-year prison sentence and lashings for his previous critiques of the Iranian government through his films.
The film explores how an Iranian father, Iman, wielding power as an investigating judge, finds himself at odds with his more modern-minded daughters amid the nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, underlining the growing divide in Iranian society.
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Mohammad Rasoulof, Missagh Zareh, Soheila Golestani, Rezvan, Sana, Mahsa Amini, Neon, Iran's Revolutionary Court, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof's daring new film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' exposes the repressive, patriarchal realities of Iran's authoritarian regime through the fracturing of a family.
beat sheet
Rasoulof was forced to secretly film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' in Iran, as he faces an 8-year prison sentence and lashings for his previous critiques of the Iranian government through his films.
The film explores how an Iranian father, Iman, wielding power as an investigating judge, finds himself at odds with his more modern-minded daughters amid the nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, underlining the growing divide in Iranian society.
call sheet
Mohammad Rasoulof, Missagh Zareh, Soheila Golestani, Rezvan, Sana, Mahsa Amini, Neon, Iran's Revolutionary Court, The Seed of the Sacred Fig