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Releasing on Nov 27, 2024
- 2024
- PG-13
- Neon
- 2 h 48 m
- 2024
- PG-13
- Neon
- 2 h 48 m
Summary Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Directed By: Mohammad Rasoulof
Written By: Mohammad Rasoulof
- 2024
- PG-13
- Neon
- 2 h 48 m
- 2024
- PG-13
- Neon
- 2 h 48 m
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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Summary Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
Directed By: Mohammad Rasoulof
Written By: Mohammad Rasoulof
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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93% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
84
93% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The film itself is a mesmerisingly gripping and controlled parable-thriller in which the paranoia, misogyny and rage of the Iranian state are mapped seamlessly onto an ordinary family unit.
A victim of a politically motivated jail sentence for supporting the 2022 Masha Amini hijab protests, Rasoulof‘s latest feature will likely anger the Iranian government even more. Especially considering how brilliant “Sacred Fig” is at deconstructing the rampant injustice in the totalitarian state.
The situation Rasoulof depicts is hardly limited to Iran. There are echoes of Nazi Germany and modern-day China in the way average citizens submit, while the pressures to inform on one’s neighbors recall pre-perestroika Soviet policies. Rasoulof’s genius comes in focusing on how this dynamic plays out within a family, which makes it personal.
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.
This is a sad and frightening story about a family’s undoing, but Rasoulof ekes out some hope too.
Building slowly, the story morphs into a thriller, and finally a sort of horror film, though these parts feel more like decent imitations than real genre work.
Rasoulof knows a much more challenging and incomprehensible reality than many of us ever will, but it’s missing from the straightforward obviousness of The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
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Production Company
Run Way Pictures,
Parallel45,
Arte France Cinéma,
Arte France,
Film Boutique,
Moin Films,
Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein,
L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Institut Français
Release Date Nov 27, 2024
Duration 2 h 48 m
Rating PG-13
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 3 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations