Speed Cinema Screenings: The Seed of the Sacred Fig 2/7/25 6PM

“A blistering, propulsive thriller.”—Justin Chang, The New Yorker 

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 the patriarch Iman is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran. 

As political unrest erupts in the streets supporting women’s rights, 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. Germany’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. 2024, Germany/France, DCP, in Persian with English subtitles, 168 minutes. Rated PG-13.