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How ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Editor Had to Learn to Trust His Instincts During Secretive Filming Process
Editor Andrew Bird found himself having to "learn to trust" his instincts when working on the Iranian film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" in secret.
That’s because the Iranian thriller, which follows a family unit being torn apart after the father figure accepts a controversial job as an investigating judge signing death sentences, had to be shot entirely in secret by director Mohammad Rasoulof. Another important consideration for the editing process was the social media footage that is intercut throughout the film, showing the protests that the two girls, Rezvan (Masha Rostami) and Sana (Setareh Maleki), secretly watch on their phones away from their more conservative parents. Early on when writing the script, Rasoulof knew that he wanted to incorporate footage that “had circulated a lot, so that it would immediately take [audiences] back to this historical moment … There was some flexibility about where exactly I would use them but it was also a thematic approach.”
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