TIFF 2024: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, Germany’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Award-Winner from Iranian Dissident Mohammad Rasoulof

WINNER - Special Jury Prize- Cannes Film Festival 2024

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

a film by

MOHAMMAD RASOULOF

(dir. THERE IS NO EVIL, GOODBYE)

TIFF SCREENING SCHEDULE

*P&I Screening - Thursday, September 5th at 2:00PM EST - 

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Premiere - Wednesday, September 11th at 9:00PM EST -

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Public Screening - Thursday, September 12th at 8:45PM EST -

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*Attendance is permitted to all TIFF accredited press, space permitting.

The celebration of Iman’s latest promotion as investigating judge in the Revolutionary Guard Court coincide with widespread public protests after the death of a young woman in the streets of Teheran. The demonstrations and the heavy-handed government response upset the dynamics within his family. While Iman is struggling with the psychological burden of his new job, his daughters, Rezvan and Sana, are shocked and electrified by the events, while his wife Najmeh is trying to hold the family together. When Iman discovers that his service weapon has gone missing, he suspects his family. Frightened to lose his reputation and his job, he becomes more and more paranoid, starting an investigation in his own home in which all borders are crossed one by one... 

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

Cast: Misagh Zare, Sohelia Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Reza Akhlaghi, Shiva Ordooei, Amineh Arani

Produced by: Mohammad Rasoulof, Amin Sadraei, Jean-Christophe Simon, Mani Tilgner, Rozita Hendijanian

U.S. Distribution: NEON

2024 / Iran, Germany, France / 167 minutes