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The Seed Of The Sacred Fig + Moham­mad Rasoulof | Bring Them Down + Christo­pher Abbott | Jeanne Diel­man, 23 quai du Com­merce, 1080 Brux­elles (1975)

07 Feb 2025

Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast

On Truth & Movies this week we review Moham­mad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig and spoke to the direc­tor about the chal­lenges of mak­ing his polit­i­cal thriller. We then review the dark tale of revenge Bring Them Down and spoke to it’s star Christo­pher Abbott. Final­ly, for Film Club we revis­it what is offi­cial­ly the great­est film of all time Jeanne Diel­man, 23 quai du Com­merce, 1080 Brux­elles. Join­ing host Leila Latif are Lit­tle White Lies Edi­tor David Jenk­ins and Film Crit­ic Lau­ra Venning.

Truth & Movies is the pod­cast from the film experts at Lit­tle White Lies, where along with select­ed col­leagues and friends, they dis­cuss the lat­est movie releas­es. Truth & Movies has all your film needs cov­ered, review­ing the lat­est releas­es big and small, talk­ing to some of the most excit­ing film­mak­ers, keep­ing you across impor­tant indus­try news, and reassess­ing great films from days gone by with the Truth & Movies Film Club.

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