The director who wasn’t there: Mohammad Rasoulof on The Seed of the Sacred Fig
After years of run-ins with the authorities, the Iranian director was forced to direct his most recent film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, remotely and in secret. But the methods are at odds with the film’s direct and open criticism of the country’s repressive regime. From our March 2025 issue.
By Ehsan Khoshbakht