The Seed of the Sacred Fig

When a family father is promoted to judge during the riots following the killing of Mahsa Amini, a gun mysteriously disappears in the home. Suspicion falls on the daughters, who secretly support the protests.

Iman works as a judge for the Iranian clergy and becomes increasingly paranoid when his gun goes missing one day. He suspects his wife and daughters, and therefore enforces strict rules at home. Masterfully, a story unfolds about how a family slowly but surely implodes. The film works equally well as an intense thriller and as an allegory for the consequences of the oppression of women in a religious patriarchy. The film premiered in the main competition at Cannes, where it won two awards.

Lasse Skagen

Director

Mohammad Rasoulof (b. 1972) is one of Iran's foremost contemporary filmmakers. Since his feature film debut in 2002, he has made several more feature films. His latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, premiered at Cannes where it received two awards.

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