Advance Screening: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (2024)

Yale Film Society
Event time: 
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 - 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Location: 
53 Wall Street (WALL53) See map
53 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Winner of Special Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival

Description: Shot entirely in secret, Mohammad Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller 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.

2024 | Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran, Germany, France | 168 minutes | Persian with English subtitles

Sponsored by Yale Film Society

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