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‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: Exiled Iranian Director Shows A Conservative Family Split Apart By Protests In Heartfelt, Politically Fiery Melodrama – Cannes Film Festival
Review of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig,' exiled Iranian director Mohammed Rasoulof’s politically fiery melodrama that's in Competition at Cannes Film Festival.
The slogans shouted in the bloody streets of Tehran over the past year echo through The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Mohammed Rasoulof ’s long, heartfelt story of an Iranian family that starts to tear at the seams when Iman’s two daughters are told what he really does at the office. Najmeh (Soheila Golestani) is the gentle enforcer of his domestic regime, a true believer always ready with tea and painkillers – even in the middle of the night, like an attentive houri – but seemingly unable to picture what her husband job entails. Title: The Seed of the Sacred Fig Festival: Cannes (Competition) Director-screenwriter: Mohammad Rasoulof Distributor: Neon (North America) Cast: Missagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki Running time: 2 hr 48 min
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