If measured by real-world implications, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” might be the most important film of the year. On Monday, Neon released the trailer for Iranian writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof’s ...
Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has addressed the circumstances that led to his film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” being selected as Germany’s entry to the Oscars, rather than ...
Indeed, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” seems, at first glance, to check off all of the same boxes as Glazer’s film: It follows Iman (Missagh Zareh), a government official who gets promoted to ...