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The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mohammad Rasoulof
festival
Fri 25 Apr 25 - Sat 3 May 25
  • Caution with children up to 16 years of age

Mohammad Rasoulof shows how the everyday rituals of Iranian life change in nightmarish ways into an oppressive web that destroys a family because of religious and political beliefs.  

Iman is examining magistrate in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. He struggles with feelings of distrust and paranoia. As nationwide political protests escalate, his firearm mysteriously disappears. He suspects his wife Najmeh and daughters Rezvan and Sana of involvement and is imposes increasingly strict measures at home. Tensions within the family rise and become ever more threatening.  

The film's most powerful scenes take place within the family context, exploring the tensions between the mother, daughters and their father. Together they embody the divergent tendencies in Iranian society. Iman, a law-abiding civil servant who strictly follows the government line, the daughters who, thanks to social media, are aware of what is going wrong in their country, and the mother who just wants to keep everything and everyone together. 

direction
Mohammad Rasoulof
cast
Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi
duration
168 min
year
2024
country
France, Germany
language
Persian
Subtitles
Nederlands
  • Caution with children up to 16 years of age
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Mohammad Rasoulof

director

'Een aangrijpend verhaal over geweld en paranoia in Iran'. - The Guardian