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DramaThriller Cannes 2024 · Special Award

The Seed of the Sacred Fig Review (2024) — 86% Celluloid Score

Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof · 2024 ·

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Answer Summary

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) earns a 86% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (97%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (88%).

Quick Verdict

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

86%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

97% Critic Score
88% Audience
84 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4.2
7.7 IMDb /10
Runtime
2h 48m
Cast
Missagh Zareh , Soheila Golestani , Mahsa Rostami , Setareh Maleki

🏆 2 nominations

Why this score?

  • Strong critic approval (97% positive).
  • General viewers mostly liked it (88%).
  • Metascore signals universal acclaim (84/100).
  • Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4.2/5).
  • Celluloid Score 86% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

  • Viewers who want a well-regarded drama, thriller pick
  • Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience
  • Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers

Not ideal for

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    Is The Seed of the Sacred Fig worth watching?

    Yes — The Seed of the Sacred Fig earns a 86% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Critics Consensus

    Made in secret and smuggled out of Iran, Rasoulof's blistering allegory turns a family's unravelling into an indictment of a regime — urgent, suspenseful and morally fearless.

    Celluloid Critics Consensus

    Critics (97%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (88%).

    What is The Seed of the Sacred Fig about?

    A Tehran investigating judge's pistol vanishes from his home just as nationwide protests erupt, and his paranoia turns inward on his wife and daughters — a domestic thriller in which the machinery of an authoritarian state cracks a single family apart from within.

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