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Film screening: "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"

Event Type
Film Screening
Sponsor
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Location
Materials Science and Engineering Building:1304 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801 (Room 119)
Date
Apr 18, 2025   5:00 pm  
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Originating Calendar
CSAMES events

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Persianدانه‌ی انجیر معابدromanizedDāne-ye anjīr-e ma'ābed) is a 2024 political drama film written, co-produced and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Its plot centers on Iman, an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, who grapples with paranoia as nationwide political protests due to the death of a young woman intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears, making him distrust his wife and daughters. 

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