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The Seed of the Sacred Fig

  • Petone: 27 Mar 2025
  • Cuba: 27 Mar 2025
Runtime: 168 min
Has Subtitles
GENRES: Drama
Violence & content that may disturb
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- Winner of the Jury Special Prize and Fripresci awards at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival! -

- Nominated for Best International Feature Film 2025 Academy Awards -

Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Evil) directs a powerful political drama spotlighting the ongoing political unrest in Tehran.

Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof's award-winning thriller centres on a family thrust into a life of paranoia and secrecy when husband and father Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran. As political unrest erupts in the streets, Iman imposes draconian measures on his wife Najmeh and daughters Sana and Rezvan, straining family ties as distrust grows.

Winning both the Jury Special Prize and Fripresci awards at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is an astounding filmic accomplishment in the face of political oppression.

★★★★★ - "Brilliant... hailed as a late-breaking favourite... mesmerisingly gripping... electrically tense" - (The Telegraph)
★★★★★ - "Thrilling, Courageous movie" - (Time Out)
★★★★★ - "Phenomenally brave" - (The Times)

Persian language, English subtitles

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