The Seed of the Sacred Fig Monday, May 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT

The Seed of the Sacred Fig Monday, May 5, 2025

2025 Academy Award Nominee for Best International Feature Film and 2024 Winner - Cannes Film Festival Jury Special Prize

Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife Najmeh and his daughters Rezvan and Sana, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are being suspended.

"A thriller of propulsive skill and blunt emotional force, marrying the muscularity of an action film to the psychological intensity of a chamber drama." New Yorker

Note: Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran, where the film was made, after receiving an eight-year prison sentence, including whipping, as his revolutionary art is perceived to represent crimes against the country’s security.

Iran, France, Germany | 2024 | 167m | Language: Farsi with English subtitles Director: Mohammad Rasoulof Cast: Misagh Zare Soheila Golestani Mahsa Rostami Content advisory: violence