When it comes to art corresponding with life, consider the authoritarian drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig, written and ...

Mohammad Rasoulof’s film is powerful indictment of Iranian Oppression even though the solution given seems rather naive ...

And at that point, I thought it would be very interesting to make a film about a family like his, with this profound rift at ...

If Mohammad Rasoulof was to make just one film worth having to flee Iran for, this gripping family thriller would be it ...

The Seed of the Sacred Fig, 2024. Written and Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Starring Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa ...

This slow burn thriller from Iran exposes the brutality of authoritarianism and its devastating impact on families.

Director Mohammad Rasoulof releases this blistering critique of the corrupt Iranian regime, in a film centred on tensions ...

Rasoulof centres on Iman (Misagh Zare), a civil servant who ... Rezvan (Mahsa Rostami) and Sana (Setareh Maleki) — neither of whom fully knows what their dad does. This new position means ...

The nail-biting thriller is one of the most-lauded films of the past year - and making it involved secret shoots as well as ...

The anger remains palpable throughout – footage of real-life protesters is woven in with the drama – but so is the desire to ...

Iman (Misagh Zare) has just been promoted to ... and the younger Sana (Setareh Maleki): be impeccable citizens in the eyes of the regime and ultra-careful about what you post on social media.