Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, centers on a family thrust into the public eye when father 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. When a handgun issued to Iman by the government goes missing he descends into severe paranoia, imposing draconian, authoritarian restrictions within his own household—mirroring the tyranny of the regime he works for. Rasoulof methodically ratchets up the stakes, weaving real images of the Women, Life, Freedom uprisings into the narrative of this commanding mystery.