Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the recent Cannes Film Festival, The Seed of the Wild Fig Tree is directed by activist filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Devil). This closed-door political pamphlet protesting the Iranian regime was particularly well received by the French press, with an average rating of 4.4 out of 5.
It is the second best film of the year, after Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s No Evil (4.5 out of 5).
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Imani has just been promoted to the position of investigating judge at Tehran’s Revolutionary Court as a massive popular protest movement begins to shake the country. Overwhelmed by the scale of events, he confronts the absurdity of the system and its injustice, but decides to conform to it.
At home, his two daughters, Rezwani and Sana, students, fiercely support the movement, while his wife, Najmeh, tries to accommodate both camps. Paranoia sets in when his service weapon mysteriously disappears…
What does the press think?
According to La Voix du Nord:
“Great formal craftsmanship and amazing dramaturgy absolutely worth it.” By Christophe Caron – 5/5
According to Le Parisien:
“Dazzling, this tribute to the young girls currently risking their lives in rebellion in their own country suffered an unusual fate before reaching us, and its director took many risks in his heroic escape from Iran: all the more reason to hurry.” there!” Author of Reno Baroniani – 5/5
According to Les Echos:
“A tribute to the courage of the people, an exercise in virtuoso direction, ‘The Seed of the Wild Fig Tree’ is a masterful film.” By Adrienne Gombo – 5/5
According to Télérama :
“A thriller of incredible political power.” by Jacques Morris – 5/5
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According to Cahiers du Cinéma:
“It is this counterbalance to the supremacy of the paternal families, orchestrated by the insidious spatial and narrative economy of the fig tree, its interconnected vessels sometimes providing the investigator with a sense of self that he hides from the family’s gynecology, sometimes an abyss. Loneliness.” by Charlotte Garson – 4/5
According to aVoir-aLire.com:
“An absolute hit of cinema.” By Laurent Cambon – 4/5
According to the part of the gang:
“Family chronicle, social drama, political film, suspense, thriller, behind-closed-doors and road movie, Adventure makes you pause with its dense and relentless writing and direction.” By Olivier Pellisson – 4/5
According to Le Monde:
“Reducing the totalitarian horror of the family to the size of a microcosm, Mohamed Rasulof shows a remarkable intelligence in the staging. His closed session, both breathless and restrained (we see the conflict and the women cutting their hair) says to us: “This is the maximum I have. Can shoot “” J. Ma. 4/5
Source: Allocine
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