Official US Trailer for Rasoulof’s Thriller ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
Official US Trailer for Rasoulof’s Thriller ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
by Alex Billington
October 7, 2024
Source: YouTube
“You shouldn’t have told your family about your work.” 🇮🇷 Neon has revealed the official US trailer for the acclaimed, award-winning Iranian film The Seed of the Sacred Fig, the latest film from writer & director Mohammad Rasoulof. This first premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize; it then went on to play at the Telluride, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals this fall. Shot entirely in secret, Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in the capital city of Tehran, Iran. As political unrest erupts in the streets, Iman realizes that his job is even more dangerous than expected, making him increasingly paranoid and distrustful, even of his own wife Najmeh and daughters Sana and Rezvan. A tragic tale of how paranoia corrupts good people. Starring Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Reza Akhlaghi, Shiva Ordooei, and Amineh Arani. This is also one of my favorite films of 2024 (my review) and I hope people take the time to watch it when it opens soon.
Here’s the US trailer (+ poster) for Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig, from YouTube:
Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his assigned gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble. A reflection of his country’s political landscape, director Mohammad Rasoulof creates a climate of paranoia in The Seed of the Sacred Fig, a film about an examining magistrate whose gun disappears unexpectedly just as huge demonstrations erupt in Tehran. Within his previously close-knit family, a poisonous atmosphere sets in… The Seed of the Sacred Fig, originally known as دانه‌ی انجیر معابد in Persian, is written and directed by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, director of the movies The Twilight, Iron Island, Head Wind, The White Meadows, Goodbye, Manuscripts Don’t Burn, A Man of Integrity, and There Is No Evil previously. This is produced by Rozita Hendijanian, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner, as well as Mohammad Rasoulof. This initially premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year (read our review). Neon will debut Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig in select US theaters starting November 27th, 2024, on Thanksgiving week, this fall. Look any good?
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