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The Seed of the Sacred Fig review – Mohammad Rasoulof’s fearless drama is a damning indictment of the Iranian regime

A government official comes into conflict with his wife and daughters when violent protest grips Iran in the exiled director’s Oscar-nominated latest

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

The Seed of the Sacred Fig review: this Oscar-nominated thriller is a blistering attack on the Iranian regime

5/5 If Mohammad Rasoulof was to make just one film worth having to flee Iran for, this gripping family thriller would be it

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Iranian Oscar nominee Mohammad Rasoulof: ‘After my arrest, I told myself: don’t hold back’

His new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is up for an Academy award – but the film-maker had to direct it from his sofa. Even under sentence of arrest and flogging, he won’t be silenced, he says

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025