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Mohammad Rasoulof Reveals How He Covertly Made ‘The Seed Of The Sacred Fig’, Risking His Life And His Freedom
Director Mohammad Rasoulof knew his clandestine shooting of 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' in Iran could have led to an eight-year prison sentence.
When the news broke, he and some of his cast and crew made a break for it, taking a journey that took several weeks (the details are sketchy, for obvious reasons) and landed him in Germany, where he was granted asylum. Now in the middle of nowhere, Iman begins to realize that, just as Iranian society is losing ground to the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement, he is powerless to assert control of his own family. Rasoulof’s dramatic story paid off when his film won a Special Jury Prize in Cannes, but he has yet to come to terms with life as an Iranian emigré.
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