In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, Jennifer Lopez and Jharrel Jerome discuss their inspirational sports movie, “Unstoppable,” and exiled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof recounts the harrowing experience making “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Kelvin Washington: Hello and welcome to another episode of “The Envelope.” I’m Kelvin Washington, joined by a couple of folks you know. She …
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 …
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 …
