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‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’: Read The Screenplay For The Movie That Mohammad Rasoulof Shot In Secret And Forced Him To Flee Iran
Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig has made the Oscar shortlist as Germany's entry into the Best International Feature race.
Iman’s wife Najmeh (Soheila Golestani) struggles to maintain stability as their teenage daughters, Sana (Setareh Maleki) and Rezvan (Mahsa Rostami), become increasingly involved in the burgeoning movement. Rasoulof found out he was to be imprisoned while filming and fled his home country through what he described to Deadline as a “complicated” and “anguishing” journey across Europe to a safe house in Germany, where he was granted asylum. Back in Iran, Rasoulof is wanted by authorities who have sentenced him to eight years in prison alongside a series of physical punishments including flogging for “signing statements and making films and documentaries.”
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