Author: Wendy Ide
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig review – Mohammad Rasoulof’s fearless drama is a damning indictment of the Iranian regime
It takes an inordinate amount of courage to be a film-maker in Iran, and Mohammad Rasoulof, now exiled director of this Cannes special jury prize-winning, Oscar-nominated political drama, ranks among the very bravest of the brave. Rasoulof, 52, has repeatedly been targeted by Iran’s Islamic revolutionary courts in the past. He received a one-year prison…
