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Mohammad Rasoulof Flees Iran for Europe After Receiving 8-Year Prison Sentence for Cannes-Bound ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has illegally left Iran for Europe after getting a prison sentence for his Cannes-bound 'Seed of the Sacred Fig.'
In 2017 Iranian authorities confiscated Rasoulof’s passport upon his return from the Telluride Film Festival where his “A Man of Integrity,” about corruption and injustice in Iran, had screened. The director’s daughter, Baran Rasoulof, who stars in “There Is No Evil” — which consists of four connected episodes centered on the death penalty and repression of personal freedom in Iran — accepted the fest’s top prize on her father’s behalf. In a statement issued from an undisclosed location, Rasoulof has described the repression of his “Sacred Fig” team in Iran and asked the international film community for “effective support.”
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