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Review

The Seed of the Sacred Fig review – a melodrama of resistance

by Mark Asch

An Iran­ian judge appoint­ed to Tehran’s Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Court grap­ples with dis­sent both at work and at home in Moham­mad Rasoulof’s polit­i­cal­ly charged thriller.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

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

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.
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Festivals

The Seed of the Sacred Fig – first-look review

by Mark Asch

An Iran­ian judge appoint­ed to Tehran’s Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Court grap­ples with dis­sent both at work and at home in Moham­mad Rasoulof’s polit­i­cal­ly charged thriller.
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Review

There is No Evil

by Marina Ashioti

This anthol­o­gy film from direc­tor Moham­mad Rasoulof explores the social con­se­quences of Iran’s death penalty.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect