'this film was made in secret. when there is no way, a way must be made.’
the seed of the sacred fig carries you through the metaphor of its namesake twice over this lengthy political drama. (sacred fig saplings wrap themselves around other trees, strangling them to grow themselves)
the first is seen in the retelling of the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini, the protests that followed and the brutality of the regime crackdown thereafter. the film’s strongest moments are the aftermath…
