DIE SAAT DES HEILIGEN FEIGENBAUMS

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FRG/FRA/IRN 2024, Feature film, 167 min, FSK 16

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

with: Mahsa, Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani

Language: OmU (Persian with German subtitles)

Content Notes: 1, 2, 14

Iman has just been promoted to investigating judge at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran when a huge protest movement sweeps the country following the death of a young woman. Although the demonstrations increase and the state takes ever tougher measures, Iman decides to side with the regime, upsetting the balance of his family. While the devout father struggles with the psychological strain of his new job, his daughters Rezvan and Sana are shocked and electrified by the events. His wife Najmeh, on the other hand, is desperately trying to keep everyone together. Then Iman realizes that his service weapon has disappeared and he suspects his family...

Mohammad Rasoulof delivers an angry and blunt reckoning with the unjust regime in Iran in THE SEED OF THE HOLY FIG, told as a breathless political thriller and filled with authentic images of the protests in the fall of 2022 that shook the country to its foundations. It is a film made under difficult circumstances and shot secretly in Iran. Shortly before the film's world premiere in competition at Cannes, the director was forced to leave his home country.

ENG: Iman has just been promoted to investigating judge at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran when a huge protest movement takes hold in the country following the death of a young woman. While the devout father struggles with the psychological stress of his new job, his daughters Rezvan and Sana are shocked and electrified by the events. His wife Najmeh, on the other hand, desperately tries to keep everyone together. (Persian with German subtitles)
Director Mohammad Rasoulof's film was shot secretly in Iran. Shortly before the film's world premiere, the director was forced to leave his home country.

Price information:

- 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.