“The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, an interview with director, screenwriter, and producer Mohammad Rasoulof

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof is one of the prestigious guests of the “Conversations” section of the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival, where his latest film, the Cannes-premiered and -awarded “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Special Jury Prize), was also at the centre of a Gala Screening.

Ahead of his masterclass at the Moroccan event, asked about his switch, in “The Seed of the Sacred Fig“ , from more allegorical stories to a more direct representation of the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement – which is the crucial backdrop of the story – and about his choice to investigate, this time, a figure that directly represents the Iranian regime, the filmmaker in exile explains that it comes from his own experience of repression and persecution, and gives more d