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Mohammad Rasoulof Will Be in Cannes for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Premiere After Leaving Iran Clandestinely
Mohammad Rasoulof will be in Cannes for the premiere of 'Seed of the Sacred Fig' after leaving Iran clandestinely following his prison sentence.
Dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will be attending the Cannes world premiere of his latest work, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” having traveled to Europe clandestinely after receiving an eight-year prison sentence from the country’s authorities for making the film. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” according to the synopsis provided by sales company Films Boutique, centers on Iman — an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran — who grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. 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.
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