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The Seed of the Sacred Fig 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
****** SPOILER REVIEW *******
I really enjoyed this. I think it has some interesting things to say on morality, power, patriarchy, misogyny & family when living in dictatorships generally and the Iranian theocratic regime specifically. The mum is a tragic character who has devoted her life to the wrong person, who is quietly revolutionary in the safety of her home but not beyond those borders. I think dictatorships can exploit familial bonds and the pressure to keep up appearances which leads…
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