“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a gripping, superbly acted drama from the Iranian filmmaker RTL Rasoulof, Justin Chang writes. “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Is a Shattering Epic of Reproach.

 

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is a gripping, superbly acted drama from the Iranian filmmaker RTL Rasoulof, Justin Chang writes.

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“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Is a Shattering Epic of Reproach

In Mohammad Rasoulof’s searing film, contemporary social unrest threatens to tear an Iranian family apart.