Vorpremiere: Die Saat des Heiligen Feigenbaums

In the organizer's words:

Frankfurt preview in cooperation with Stiftung Ostwestpassagen. With introduction by the Mayor of Frankfurt, Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg.

Screening in Farsi with German subtitles

Iman has just been promoted to investigating judge at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran when a huge protest movement takes hold of 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, winner of the Golden Bear for But there is no such thing as evil, delivers his masterpiece with THE SEED OF THE HOLY FIG TREE: an angry and blunt reckoning with the unjust regime in Iran, told as a brilliant, breathless political thriller and filled with authentic images of the protests in autumn 2022 that shook the country to its foundations. Shot in secret in Iran under difficult circumstances, the film is so powerful that Rasoulof was forced to leave his home country shortly before its world premiere in competition at Cannes.

Germany 2024; Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

Cast: Misagh Zareh, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami and others.