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‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director Mohammad Rasoulof on Current State of Iran: ‘The Islamic Republic Is Vulnerable and Unstable’
Director Mohammad Rasoulof on current state of Iran as he heads to Switzerland's Locarno Festival: ‘The Islamic Republic Is Vulnerable and Unstable.'
Dissident Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof in May escaped to Europe after receiving a jail and flogging sentence from the country’s authorities for making his latest film “ The Seed of the Sacred Fig ” that won the Special Jury prize at Cannes. He is now traveling to Locarno to screen his powerful drama – about an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran who grapples with mistrust and paranoia as anti-government protests intensify and his family life is devastated – on the Swiss fest’s 8,000-seat Piazza Grande. Unforeseen events such as the Woman Life Freedom movement and the brave pursuit of women demanding their rights have disrupted the analyses of those in power.
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