The Seed of Sacred Fig (ENG subs)

Iman gets promoted and becomes an investigative judge at the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. His new position puts him, his wife, and their two daughters under intense scrutiny. The pressure is high, and Iman struggles with distrust and paranoia as political protests in the country escalate. When his gun suddenly goes missing, he begins to suspect his own family and resorts to drastic measures…

Filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to escape an eight-year prison sentence due to this film. Rasoulof portrays how the everyday rituals of life in Iran nightmarishly transform into the oppression of a family divided by religious and political beliefs and by a state apparatus that knows how to manipulate the hearts and minds of its people.

Spoken in Persian, English subtitles.