International Art House Series
Shot entirely in secret, The Seed of the Sacred Fig deconstructs the rampant injustice, misogyny, and paranoia of living in the totalitarian religious patriarchy of Iran. Winner of a Jury Special Prize and FIPRESCI Award at Cannes Film Festival.
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. [168 min; crime, drama, thriller; Persian with English subtitles]
"Rasoulof crafts an extraordinarily gripping allegory about the corrupting costs of power and the suppression of women under a religious patriarchy that crushes the very people it claims to protect." — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire
"It's a remarkable, revolutionary work of art. As precisely focused and tightly constructed as it is expansive in its aspirations, it’s a rallying cry for the irreplaceable value of artistic expression in a world that will repress it at all costs." — Chase Hutchinson, Collider
"It all makes for a compelling, character-driven piece about the toll of violence, the overreach of totalitarian governments, the power of protest, and a modern world that simply is not going back." — Jeff York, The Establishing Shot
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