The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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Mohammad RasoulofProducer
Rozita Hendijanian, Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin AdraeiCast
Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha AkhshiCountry
France, Germany, IranRuntime
168 MinRating
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Nominated for the Academy Award® for International Feature.
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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