Houston’s 32nd “Festival of Films from Iran” runs , at the MFAH. Additional screenings take place at Rice Cinema through February 2.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Danaye anjir-e moabad)

Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison for creating films that criticized the government, before his narrow escape to exile in Europe. Shot entirely in secret, Rasoulof’s award-winning thriller centers on a family thrust into the public eye when one of them is appointed as an investigating judge in Tehran. 

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