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Investigative judge Iman struggles with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran
When his gun disappears, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as social rules crumble. Director Mohammad Rasoulof was originally scheduled to attend the 2023 Cannes Film Festival as a member of the Un Certain Regard jury. He was arrested in July 2022 after criticizing the government’s repression of protesters in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan over a deadly building collapse. On May 8, 2024, Rasouloff’s lawyer announced that he had been sentenced to eight years in prison, as well as flogging, a fine, and the confiscation of his property. On May 12, 2024, Rasouloff announced that he had escaped Iran and was staying at an undisclosed location in Europe.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig is the first important, powerful film about the Iranian rebellion that took place in 2022
On May 24, 2024, Rasouloff attended the premiere of the film in Cannes, and on the red carpet he showed photos of the two actresses of the film, Soheila Golestani and Missagh Zareh. The movement Woman, Life, Freedom was born right after the arrest and death of Jina Mahsa Amini, a student who did nothing but take off her veil. The director takes us to the family of an Iranian judge (working for the state and Mollah’s regime) who is about to receive a promotion that will change his life when the revolution begins in 2022. We, the audience, somehow experience this crucial period of Iran through the eyes of this middle-class family, who intend to improve their living conditions. We are immersed in their daily lives until the father’s (the judge’s) gun disappears or is stolen from their home.
Should I go to university despite the strikes?
The film has a fantastic script, wonderful actors and images of an unknown Iran. You can see Iran as we rarely see it, with its modernity, rich history and ancient monuments, poverty, and also its flaws. As in many Iranian films, the viewer is drawn into complex situations with ethical questions that force a choice between moral, personal values and loyalty to the regime: Should I wear this veil or another (less provocative)? Should I ask a neighbor for a favor and risk exposing my family’s problems? Ethical questions are everywhere and are direct consequences of the harsh, oppressive regime that has ruled Iran for decades.
I especially liked the insight into the Iranian middle class
All these questions are asked with dignity and a sense of duty by the characters, and sometimes even with loyalty to a regime that could not care less about its people. In these situations, the lack of freedom, the oppression of women, the complicity of those who profit from this regime and, of course, the brutality of a regime condemned to sacrifice its own people in order to survive are revealed. The latter will be perfectly portrayed through the fate of a father who is willing to do his job with respect but is forced to corrupt himself and sacrifice his people in order to survive this revolution, no matter how painful it is. It is difficult to see and imagine what the daily life of women in Iran is like from the perspective of the Western world. The longer the film is, the better it becomes, because you can clearly see the impasse into which the country has sunk, and with it its inhabitants (and in this case, this family) condemned to find a culprit among themselves.
This is another revelation of this film
Gradually, we can see the seeds of discord sprouting in this family, in society, among students and throughout the world thanks to social networks. Social networks are key; they are the tool through which the song of Baraye resounds, as well as the images of police violence are disseminated, the evidence of oppression is collected, they are the hope of Iran.
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