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Original name: Daney Anjir Maabed
English name: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Year: 2024
Run time: 167 minutes
Language: Farsi
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Iran, France, Germany
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Producer: Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner, Rozita Hendijanian
Cast: Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Reza Akhlaghi, Shiva Ordooei, Amineh Arani
Screenplay: Mohammad Rasoulof
Cinematographer: Pooyan Aghababaei
Editor: Andrew Bird
Sound Designer: Philipp Kemptner, Hassan Shabankareh
Music Composer: Karzan Mahmood
Production Designer: Amir Panahifar
Production Company: Run Way Pictures
World Sales: Impact Films
Mohammad Rasoulof (Shiraz, Iran. 1972) directed his first feature, The Twilight (2002). With the second, Iron Island (2005), he collected the Special Jury Prize at Gijón Festival, among other accolades. Outstanding in his filmography are The White Meadows (2009), with which he competed at San Sebastian, Goodbye (2011), Best Director Award in Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes, A Man of Integrity (2017) winner of the Un Certain Regard Award and There Is No Evil (2020), winner of the Golden bear in Berlin. The Seed of the Sacred Fig harvested this year's Special Jury and FIPRESCI Prizes in Cannes.
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.
