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Mohammad Rasoulof on ‘Complicated’ Selection of ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ as Germany’s Oscar Entry
Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof on why his film 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' became Germany’s Oscar entry instead of representing Iran.
Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has addressed the circumstances that led to his film “ The Seed of the Sacred Fig ” being selected as Germany’s entry to the Oscars, rather than that of his native Iran. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – 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 – won a prize at Cannes. My film was withdrawn by the Iranian government and I was sentenced to eight years [in prison],” Rasoulof said at the New Currents jury press conference in Busan on Friday.
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