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Mohammad Rasoulof On His “Anguishing” 28-Day Journey To Escape Iran, How He Landed In Germany & Covertly Shot ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’ – Cannes
Mohammad Rasoulof is in Cannes where he will debut 'The Seed Of The Sacred Fig.'
On Friday Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof will debut his latest feature The Seed Of The Sacred Fig in Cannes after fleeing his home country through what he described to Deadline as a “complicated” and “anguishing” journey across Europe to a safe house in Germany. Back in Iran, the filmmaker 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.” Best known for his forceful, politically driven features like Manuscripts Don’t Burn(2013) and A Man Of Integrity(2017), Rasoulof has been in the crosshairs of Iran’s hardline Islamic Republic government throughout his career for challenging its authoritarian rule.
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