A deeply tender narrative finds illumination in stillness.
Few films in recent memory have undergone a production process that rivals the dramatic material of the work itself quite like Mohammad Rasoulofβs The Seed and the Sacred Fig.Β
Ryan J. Sloan and Ariella Mastroianniβs genre-bending debut is a triumph of bootstrapped independent cinema.
The Palme DβOr winnerβs torrential, jaunty pace belies a bleak portrayal of sex work under a setting American sun.