The Seed of the Sacred Fig

An investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife and their two daughters, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are being suspended.

• court
• family dynamics
• husband wife relationship
• judge
• mistrust
• mother daughter relationship
• paranoia
• police brutality
• politics
• sister sister relationship
• tense