To attend his Cannes premiere, he fled an Iranian prison sentence. The film is worth it
Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned at home in Iran but continues to make prize-winning work, including his latest thriller, ...
Los Angeles Times4d
Review: A tense household becomes a metaphor for Iran’s divisions in ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
One of Iran’s signature filmmakers — and among ... Najmeh (Soheila Golestani), is proud of him but also excited for what this new job means for them and their children, willful 21-year-old ...
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Mohammad Rasoulof left Iran after making his most daring film
Dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof talks about how he escaped Iran on foot after making his new political thriller, The ...
Roger Ebert5d
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
It's almost exactly halfway through Mohammad Rasoulof's powerful, angry, masterfully crafted "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" ...
How an Iranian Filmmaker Made a Movie Criticizing the Regime Right in the Middle of Tehran
A family drama and a political parable, Rasoulof’s new film concerns a recently promoted “investigative judge” named Iman (Missagh Zareh) — really a rubber-stamper there to bureaucracy-wash the regime ...
Los Angeles Times5d
To attend his Cannes premiere, he fled an Iranian prison sentence. The film is worth it
His movie is now that country’s Oscar entry ... holding on to hope for a new dawn in Iran. “For me, home now is us standing together in solidarity as human beings and not leaving one another ...