Mohammad Rasoulof's riveting film follows a Revolutionary Court judge's family caught in Iran's 2022 protests, delivering Hitchcockian tension alongside powerful social commentary.

TEHRAN, March 2 — Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig won a special prize at the Cannes film festival last year and is hoping to go one better at the Oscars today. But the powerful drama, set during the “Woman ...

Niousha Akhshi and Setareh Maleki are now living in exile in Berlin after filming 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' — John MACDOUGALL Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" won a special prize at the Cannes film festival last year ...

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" won a special prize at the Cannes film festival last year and is hoping to go one better at the Oscars on Sunday. But the ...