‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig' Review: Mohammad Rasoulof Emerges from Iran with a Shattering Domestic Thriller About Patriarchal Violence
A family implodes against a backdrop of paranoia and protest in this deeply upsetting masterwork from the Iranian filmmaker, ...
Boise State Public Radio2d
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 ...
The New York Times6d
Facing 8 Years in Prison, a Director Flees Iran
Mohammad Rasoulof had to make the most difficult decision of his life. Credit...Joseph Michael Lopez for The New York Times Supported by By Amir Ahmadi Arian Amir Ahmadi Arian is an assistant ...
Orange County Register5d
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof had a secret plan for ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’
For filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, the idea for his new film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” came not from a screenwriter or producer but from one of his jailers in the prison where he’d been ...