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Mohammad Rasoulof’s ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Shakes Up Cannes With 2024 Record 12-Minute Standing Ovation, Becoming Palme d’Or Frontrunner
Mohammad Rasoulof's "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" earned a rapturous 12-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere on Friday.
Rasoulof risked his life by appearing at the Cannes premiere as he recently fled Iran to avoid an eight-year prison sentence for making the film. There was undeniable applause as the film’s credits began to roll (though it is Variety ‘s policy to begin timing the standing ovation once the house lights come up), with Rasoulof tearing up and waving to the balcony. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” follows 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,” according to its official synopsis.
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