Cannes-bound Iranian film 'Mother and Child' by Saeed Roustayee is sparking controversy before it screens, prompting Mohammad ...

Out of all the major filmmakers to emerge from Iran over the past decades, Mohammad Rasoulof has certainly grown into the most overtly political. His finely crafted dramas, including the superb ...

Cannes: Mohammad Rasoulof's "Seed of the Sacred Fig" has a timely political narrative itself and for its exiled Iranian director, while "All We Imagine" is the first Indian film in the competition ...

Japanese animation film in which a miniature family lives in the foundation of the house of a sick child. Lars Von Trier directs this story about a wedding that goes awry as the end of the world ...

A claustrophobic thriller filmed secretly in Iran tops the DVD releases for the week of May 6. "The Seed of the Sacred Fig": Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's latest movie, for which he was ...

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig - (in cinemas) Judge Iman, paranoid amid Tehran's unrest, loses his gun. Suspecting family, he imposes harsh rules, straining relationships as society destabilizes.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Monday announced that members will from now on be required to watch all ...

Also just last year, the French-Persian film The Seed of the Sacred Fig combined a haunting family drama with secretly filmed footage of the real-life protests that tore through Iran in 2022 and 2023.