The Seed of the Sacred Fig is the tenth directorial work of Mohammad Rasoulof. The title refers to a species of fig that spreads by "wrapping itself around another tree and eventually strangling it".

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. With Soheila Golestani, Missagh Zareh, Setareh Maleki, Mahsa Rostami. Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran.

2024年11月27日 · It’s almost exactly halfway through Mohammad Rasoulof’s powerful, angry, masterfully crafted “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” that Iman (Missagh Zareh) realizes that he can’t find the gun. But it has figured into the drama from the beginning.

2024年11月27日 · 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.

2024年11月27日 · ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: When the World Is a Prison Mohammad Rasoulof’s powerful drama about the authoritarian Iranian government breaks a fourth wall, with consequences. Listen ...

2024年11月26日 · The four central characters in “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” a gripping, superbly acted drama from the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, are introduced with an almost ceremonial...

2024年11月27日 · "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" is an extraordinarily brave film depicts in the most stark manner the oppression whom the people of Iran are suffering at the hands of a brutal theocracy. Families are torn apart in a climate of suspicion, distrust, and fear.

2024年12月11日 · What makes The Seed of the Sacred Fig so gripping over its nearly three-hour running time is how assuredly it blends domestic drama and topical thriller, the personal and the political.

2025年2月12日 · The Seed of the Sacred Fig is more successful as an intense chamber drama than as a thriller, with the tension taking several switchbacks before it rises to the eventual climax. Still, the film ...