The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mohammad RASOULOF
Politik & Krieg Menschenrechte & Gesellschaft 2024 168 min Deutschland, Frankreich, Iran
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Synopsis

Totalitarianism and dictatorial thinking at the heart of an Iranian family

Iman, an investigating judge on Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife Najmeh and his daughters Rezvan and Sana, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life become suspended.

Cast/Mit

  • Soheila Golestani
  • Misagh Zare
  • Mahsa Rostami
  • Setareh Maleki
  • Niousha Akhshi
  • Reza Akhlaghi
  • Shiva Ordooei
  • Amineh Arani

Szenario

  • Mohammad Rasoulof

Bild

  • Pooyan Aghababaei

Ton

  • Philipp Kemptner
  • Hassan Shabankareh

Musik

  • Karzan Mahmood

Produktion

  • Run Way PicturesCoproduction : Parallel45

Vorführungen

Mittwoch 05 Februar 2025 20:00
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : Persian
Untertitel : English
Screening : Public Screening
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Kritiken

Dans ce faux huis clos qui ne peut que s’ouvrir à la réalité de la violence étatique iranienne, Mohammad Rasoulof observe une multitude de glissements fascinants, à commencer par le réveil politique de ses héroïnes. Un grand film de cinéma.
Antoine Desrues Ecran Large 17/09/2024
Hommage au courage d'un peuple, exercice de mise en scène virtuose, « Les graines du figuier sauvage » est un film magistral.
Adrien Gombeaud Les Echos 17/09/2024

Mohammad RASOULOF

Mohammad RASOULOF
Mohammad RASOULOF

Iranian director, screenwriter, and producer Mohammad Rasoulof’s debut starts with theatre and documentaries before moving on to fictions. Always interested in sociology and politics, all his films (The Twilight (2002), Goodbye (2011), Manuscripts Don’t Burn (2013), Man of Integrity (2017)) assert their anti-dictatorial thinking.
His next films have been selected and awarded in Festival de Cannes where he won the Best Director prize or even the FIPRESCI Prize, before winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.

However, while continuing filming, he was accused of ‘endangering national security’, and ‘propaganda’ and was forced to stay in Iran. He was arrested in 2022.
Despite government pressure to withdraw his new feature film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, he decided to flee Iran for Europe and to present it at the Festival de Cannes where it won 5 prizes.
None of his films have been screened in Iran due to censorship.

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Filmografie

  • The Seed of the Sacred Fig 2024
  • There is no Evil 2020
  • Man of Integrity 2017
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