Amid exile, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof premieres film at Cannes
7 months ago

Amid exile, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof premieres film at Cannes

NPR  

Amid exile, Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof premieres film at Cannes Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, premiered at Cannes Film Festival. But as NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports, he was at the Cannes Film Festival today for the premiere of his latest movie. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Mohammad Rasoulof enjoyed a long, rapturous standing ovation at Cannes for his film "The Seed Of The Sacred Fig." DEL BARCO: Rasoulof persisted, and in 2017, he made a film about corruption, "A Man Of Integrity," about a university professor turned goldfish farmer who refuses to bribe his way out of legal troubles.

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Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s definition of home is shifting
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s definition of home is shifting

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran. A week after arriving in Germany, Rasoulof would premiere his film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print “The Seed of the …

Inside Mohammad Rasoulof’s harrowing escape from Iran for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Inside Mohammad Rasoulof’s harrowing escape from Iran for ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

LA Times  

“The process of leaving Iran was, in fact, quite harrowing, and it was very, very scary, especially the mountainous road that I had to take,” says Mohammad Rasoulof, director of “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Mohammad Rasoulof made it to the Cannes premiere of his film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” but only after a perilous escape from …

Review: A tense household becomes a metaphor for Iran’s divisions in ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Review: A tense household becomes a metaphor for Iran’s divisions in ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

LA Times  

Reality seeps into “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in multiple ways, including ones that writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof couldn’t have imagined back when he shot this absorbing drama in secret. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was inspired by one such jail stint in 2022, which occurred during the same time as that summer’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, sparked by …

"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" explores the ideology of Iranian family members who "submit to power"
3 weeks, 6 days ago

"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" explores the ideology of Iranian family members who "submit to power"

Salon  

Exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a powerful indictment of totalitarianism and the Iran regime. In “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Iman, who works in the justice system, gets promoted to an investigator for the State. To give an example, one day, when I was in prison in 2022, at the height of …

Cannes 2024: Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig gives The Sound of Music deja vu
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Cannes 2024: Mohammad Rasoulof's The Seed of the Sacred Fig gives The Sound of Music deja vu

Hindustan Times  

Iranian rebel director Mohammad Rasoulof made a great escape from his homeland days before his movie, The Seed of the Scared Fig, was to play at the prestigious competition slot in the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses for a portrait photograph for the film The Seed of the Sacred Fig at the 77th international film festival, Cannes. …

Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. ‘I have many more stories to tell,’ he says
7 months ago

Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. ‘I have many more stories to tell,’ he says

Associated Press  

Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison — and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” — when he decided to flee Iran. “I have many more stories to tell, many more narratives to create and films to make,” said Rasoulof, speaking Thursday through an interpreter at Cannes’ Palais des …

Cannes 2024: ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ director Mohammad Rasoulof to attend premiere after fleeing Iran to escape harsh sentencing
7 months ago

Cannes 2024: ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ director Mohammad Rasoulof to attend premiere after fleeing Iran to escape harsh sentencing

The Hindu  

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof will make a defiant appearance at the Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of his latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. His escape follows the Islamic Revolutionary Court’s harsh sentencing and subsequent pressure on him to withdraw The Seed of the Sacred Fig from Cannes. The Seed of the Sacred Fig will be …

Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison sentence ahead of his Cannes premiere
7 months, 1 week ago

Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison sentence ahead of his Cannes premiere

Associated Press  

CANNES, France — After being sentenced to eight years in prison, the award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof says he’s fled to Europe shortly ahead of the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his latest film. Rasoulof said the prison sentence came before he revealed his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” That film premieres in competition in Cannes on …

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging

The Hindu  

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof has been handed an eight-year prison sentence, as reported by his lawyer. In a statement on X, Rasoulof's lawyer Babak Paknia detailed that Iran's Islamic Revolution Court imposed an eight-year prison term on Rasoulof, along with flogging, a fine, and property confiscation. The development follows Iranian authorities placing significant pressure on Rasoulof to withdraw his latest …

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof banned from attending Cannes Film Festival 2024; here's everything you need to know
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof banned from attending Cannes Film Festival 2024; here's everything you need to know

Hindustan Times  

In what seems like an annual ritual, dissident Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been banned by Teheran from attending the Cannes Film Festival, where his latest work, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is vying for the top Palme d'Or. Mohammed prohibited from attending Cannes 2024 Iran's decision came on Thursday, and it has been regularly imposing such harsh and …

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