Shortly before he was to be flogged and imprisoned for eight years, Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran.
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FILE - Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the special prize award for"The Seed of the Sacred Fig," poses for photographers during the photo call following the awards ceremony at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on May 25, 2024. FILE - Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses for a portrait photograph for the film"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on May 23 2024.
Rasoulof, 52, has a more gentle, bemused presence than some of his films would suggest. But how could Rasoulof, after what he’s lived through this year, feel anything like ordinary? “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” currently playing in theaters, is the Oscar submission from Rasoulof’s adoptive home, Germany. He’s settled in with his family, grateful for how the country has welcomed him. Speaking through an interpreter, Rasoulof grants that he’ll probably always mentally have a bag packed, ready to return to Iran should the chance ever come. But what “home” constitutes has changed for him.
Rasoulof has spent several spells in Tehran’s Evin Prison. In 2010, he was arrested on set for filming without a permit. In 2022, he was jailed for seven months after pursuing the release of another of Iran’s most prominent filmmakers, Jafar Panahi. Panahi, For the film's actors and crew members, signing up for the movie meant also becoming co-conspirators. Everyone knew the risks. And, like Rasoulof, many of them have since left Iran. Rostami and Maleki also now live in Germany. Asked if his collaborators are all currently safe, Rasoulof responds: “No one is safe from the Islamic Republic.”
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