The Ficus Religiosa, a tree native to the Indian subcontinent, has an unusual and predatory lifestyle. Its seeds, contained ...

Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof knew his life in Iran would be placed in (further) jeopardy when he made The Seed of the Sacred Fig — he was already awaiting a sentence from the Islamic ...

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” depicts an individual, a family and a regime coming apart at its roots. Rasoulof named this film after the sacred fig, an invasive species that slowly takes over the tree ...

As a title, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig sounds like a parody of a Middle Eastern movie Jerry, George and Elaine might have gone to see on Seinfeld. But the actual film couldn’t be more genuine ...

As “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” opens, Iman, a lawyer who has faithfully served in Iran’s legal system for 20 years, has just been promoted to investigative judge in the Revolutionary Court ...

Most filmmakers don’t have to make their films in secret, nor risk imprisonment by practising their craft. Yet these are the hurdles Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof overcame to make his 10th film, ...

with Mohammad Rasoulof’s Iranian drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig right behind with six. Rasoulof’s depiction of an Iranian family torn apart by conflicting loyalties to an increasingly ...

Oscar contenders September 5 and The Seed of the Sacred Fig, and Andreas Dresen’s historic drama From Hilde, With Love are the frontrunners for this year’s German Film Awards, also called the Lolas, ...