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How to Make a Movie in Iran and Not Get Caught: Inside ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

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Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig is Germany 's submission for foreign-language film at this year ’s Oscars.

The film is a family drama about a father, Iman , who gets promoted to an investigating judge in Tehran .

The director escaped Iran as a political refugee facing a possible eight-year prison sentence.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig premiered in Cannes in May of 2024 .

The film received a special award at Cannes, and it’s considered a major awards contender this season .

The cast and crew of the film are under investigation for “spreading corruption and prostitution on Earth , propaganda against the Islamic Republic .

Rasoulof 's film There Is No Evil was released in Iran 's prison hospital in 2022 .

He believes that people in Iran will see his film, albeit in secret, and that it will spark discussion.

Despite Iran ’s best attempts at censoring his work, even in their own prisons they can’t prevent citizens from engaging with his art.

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58

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informal

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English

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43

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