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Produced and smuggled out of Iran, 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' has profound intensity and a family oriented political story ...

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a psychological thriller that challenges viewers to see the effects of power in flawed ...

Mohammad Rasoulof's riveting film follows a Revolutionary Court judge's family caught in Iran's 2022 protests, delivering ...

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Set during the women’s uprising in Iran, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is courageous indictment of that country’s system.

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" won a special prize at the Cannes film festival last year and is hoping to go one better at the Oscars on Sunday. But the powerful ...

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