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Released in 2023, Rasoulof used those protests as the driving element in “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” a slow burning thriller about an investigative judge forced to impose draconian sentences ...

All the travails have been worth it, though. Excellently played across the board, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig is a microcosm of contemporary Iranian life as filtered through a middle-class Tehran ...

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Review: ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ captivates despite its lengthy 167-minute runtime, offering a gripping narrative of a Tehran-based family's gradual unravelling amid political turmoil.