Mohammad Rasoulof's provocative film has been banned in Iran, but Germany has submitted it for Oscar consideration ...

Mohammad Rasoulof’s powerful drama about the authoritarian Iranian government breaks a fourth wall, with consequences.

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” released in limited theaters on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, so now is the perfect time to check out some of its glowing critics’ reviews. During the Cannes Film ...

But Rasoulof, whose new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, opens here this week, has had his fair share of heroic skirmishes — arrested and sentenced and imprisoned multiple times over the past ...

Reality seeps into “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in multiple ways, including ones that writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof couldn’t have imagined back when he shot this absorbing drama in secret.

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a timely, harrowing film about Iranian misogyny and tyrannical theocracy. And its release forced its director to make an impossible decision. Entertainment ...

The Seed of the Sacred Fig precedes this crisis by detailing the dynamics of Iman’s home, which he only visits late at night after long days at the office. Najmeh is a dutiful spouse whose ...