MODERN AND TRADITIONAL VALUES CLASH IN THIS DARING FAMILY DRAMA
"A blistering propulsive thriller" - (The New Yorker)
"Masterful and Gripping with all kinds of twists" - (Variety)
"Masterwork" - (Indiewire)
"Electrically Tense" - (The Telegraph)
"You'll be unable to look away for even a second" - (Collider)
Winner of the Cannes Film Festival Fipresci Award, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig was received with record breaking ovation, voted top film in Screen International Critics Grid for Cannes 2024 and displays the true power of cinema to change us and the world we live in!
★★★★★
"Brilliant... hailed as a late-breaking favourite... mesmerisingly gripping... electrically tense" - (The Telegraph)
★★★★★
"Thrilling, Courageous movie" - (Time Out)
★★★★
"Phenomenally brave" - (The Times)
"The World Needs Films Like 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig'" - (Vanity Fair)
Family bonds unravel and generations clash in this extaordinary drama from acclaimed filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof. Shot in secret and resulting in the persecution of its director, who eventually forced to flee Iran, The Seed of the Sacred Fig combines gripping storytelling with real-life footage of recent protests in Iran, capturing a family's turmoil amid a society in upheaval.
In Tehran, Iman and his family celebrate his recent promotion to an investigating judge. As public protests erupt against compulsory hijab, the dynamics within his family begin to shift. When his service weapon goes missing, Iman becomes increasingly paranoid, even suspecting his own wife Najmeh, and daughters Sana and Rezvan.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig has won the FIPRESCI Prize and Special Prize by the Jury at Cannes Film Festival 2024, and the GIO Audience Award at Sydney Film Festival 2024. It is the German entry for the Academy Awards 2025 for Best International Feature Film.
