168 minutes. Rated PG-13. Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. In Persian with English subtitles. DCP.
Winner, Special Jury Prize, 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Academy Award Nominee, Best International Feature 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.
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