
3/5 stars
Set against the backdrop of recent protests and looming war, Ali Asgari’s on-the-nose drama illuminates the grim reality of everyday life in modern Iran.
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3/5 stars
Set against the backdrop of recent protests and looming war, Ali Asgari’s on-the-nose drama illuminates the grim reality of everyday life in modern Iran.
At times, Asgari flirts with black comedy. “War is a very strange thing; it gives you crazy ideas,” one character remarks, adding that he would not mind a missile striking his old house if it meant saving on demolition costs.
At the centre of the narrative is Arash (The Seed of the Sacred Fig’s Missagh Zareh), a kindly doctor who has reached the end of the road. After he treated wounded demonstrators, he saw his practice shut down and ransacked, while his medical licence was revoked.
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