The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)

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Cannes Film Festival has also added “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” the latest film from Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, who has presented previous films “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” and “A Man of Integrity” at Un Certain Regard. His last film “There is No Evil” also won Berlin’s Golden Bear.

The plot of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is under wraps. Rasoulof has been attacked by the Islamic Republic government in Iran, which barred him from traveling to Cannes last year where he had been invited to serve on the jury of Un Certain Regard. He had his passport confiscated by Iranian authorities after presenting “A Man of Integrity” at Telluride and was sentenced to prison. He was recently released after months of detention due to his health condition. It was his third prison sentence in Iran. +