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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 (Persian: دانه‌ی انجیر معابد, romanized: Dāne-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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