{"id":20466,"date":"2024-12-21T18:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T18:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=20466"},"modified":"2025-10-18T12:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:36:01","slug":"the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20467\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/theseedofthesacredfig-230x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/theseedofthesacredfig-230x350.jpg 230w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/theseedofthesacredfig-803x1224.jpg 803w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/theseedofthesacredfig-768x1171.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/theseedofthesacredfig-1007x1536.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/theseedofthesacredfig-600x914.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/theseedofthesacredfig.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/h2>\n<div>\n<h2>THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">| 2024 &#8211; 167&#8242; &#8211; A Germany\/France co-production &#8211;\u00a0Drama, Thriller.<br \/>\nWritten by: Mohammad Rasoulof.<br \/>\nDirected by:\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof.<br \/>\nStarring:\u00a0Misagh Zare,\u00a0Reza Akhlaghirad,\u00a0Shiva Ordooie, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Amineh Arani.<br \/>\nOfficial Competition\u00a0Cannes International Film Festival 2024 (Winner Special Jury\u2019s Prize). 2025 Golden Globes Nomination for Best Motion Picture \u2013 Non English Language.\u00a0German Official Selection for the 97th Academy Awards. Oscar Nominee for Best International Feature Film 2025. Winner Best Director (LAFCA Awards 2025).<br \/>\nC\u00e9sar Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film 2025.<br \/>\nIn Persian with English subtitles.<br \/>\nA Neon release. |<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Shot entirely in secret in Iran, Mohammad Rasoulof&#8217;s award-winning thriller, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran. As political unrest erupts in the streets, Iman realizes that his job is even more dangerous than expected, making him increasingly paranoid and distrustful, even of his own wife Najmeh and daughters Sana and Rezvan.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/athome.fandango.com\/content\/browse\/details\/The-Seed-of-the-Sacred-Fig\/3886137?cmp=OrganicSearch~Vudu~GoogleWatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Now<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG | 2024 &#8211; 167&#8242; &#8211; A Germany\/France co-production &#8211;\u00a0Drama, Thriller. Written by: Mohammad Rasoulof. Directed by:\u00a0Mohammad Rasoulof. Starring:\u00a0Misagh Zare,\u00a0Reza Akhlaghirad,\u00a0Shiva Ordooie, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niousha Akhshi, Amineh Arani. Official Competition\u00a0Cannes International Film Festival 2024 (Winner Special Jury\u2019s Prize). 2025 Golden Globes Nomination for Best Motion Picture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,127,11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-on-digital","category-co-produced-by-france","category-drama","category-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20466"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21390,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20466\/revisions\/21390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}