New Delhi:
What can be the best day of her life for any actress? Perhaps the day when the film’s biggest award show, Oscar (Oscar 2025) is also competing. He too has a chance to get the award. But what if the actress is ‘closed’ in her country and is waiting to eat whip in the form of punishment? This is the truth for Iran’s actress Sohila Golestani.
On Monday, March 3, when large artists from all over the world were attending the Oscar Award show at Los Angeles, the name of one winner was being announced from the stage, the lack of Sohila Golastani was missing. His film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig“Ko was nominated in the Best International Film category. However, the film failed to win the award.
You can question that Why are we talking about the losing film at the OscarHere the story is of a film that raised the voice of rebellion, is of the artists who refused to remain silent. This is the story of the Sohila Golestani who showed his loyalty for his art and human rights, not a staunch government.
A political drama film telling the truth of Iran
The film is a political drama. Its story revolves around the protests that started after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran. Mahsa Amini was detained on charges of not wearing hijab properly and died in police custody in September 2022. The plot of the film tells about Iman (this character has been played by Misagh Jare) who is an investigating officer and was made a judge. He punishes those who perform anti -hijab protesters. But her two daughters (Mahsa Rostmi and Setreh Maleki have played the role) also secretly support the protest, while her wife (Sohila Golestani) is stuck in the middle and is making every effort to save the family from breaking up. Iman comes to such an extent that he starts investigating his own family. Apart from this, Niosha Akshi has played the role of a friend of sisters who become blind by the police bullet.
Sohila Golestani could not leave Iran. She has been sentenced to one year in jail along with 74 whips to play the role of a mother. He is still out of jail on Bell.
Sitting on the couch, the film of “rebellion” directed by broadband internet
The circumstances in which the film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” was made is no less than a film story in itself. A story that also surprises and creates fear. Staff Journalist Saeed Kamali Dehgan interviewed Director Mohammad Rasulof for The Guardian.
It was told that when Mahsa Amini died in custody in Iran, a large scale protests started. At that time Mohammad Rasuloff was in jail. This Iranian director was imprisoned for criticizing the government. In the past, the past gave him the story of a new film: The story of a crazy dear government investor (police officer) who finally becomes a time for his own family.
Directors Mohammad Rasulof, Mahsa Rostami, Setreh Maleki and Missag Jareh joined the Oscars.
Photo Credit: AFP
When the hijab protests increased, a large number of people were released and Mohammad Rasulof also came out of jail. After coming out of jail, he started working on this film. But this time, completely hiding. He used a broadband connection registered in the name of someone else and directed the film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ sitting almost completely on his couch. That is, the director of the film was directing the film with video call.
But when the film was in post-production and was selected for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Iran officials came to know who is actually making it. At the same time, eight years of jail was sentenced to jail in old cases. At the same time, the apartment was punished for killing bottles of liquor. They had to run away from Iran, hiding the way of mountains. After leaving Iran, he completed the editing of the film in Germany.
First film Special Jury Prize won at Cannes Festival And then Germany sent it to OscarThe film managed to make it to the final cut of the film Oscar Awards. However, the film Oscar could not win and instead ‘I am Still Heh’ has received the Oscar Award for Best International Feature Film.
Sohila Golestani imprisoned in Tehran’s flat
Sohila Golestani is imprisoned in his flat in Tehran. After the death of Iran’s then Iran President Ibrahim Raisi, many artists, including the director, managed to escape from the country as the curfew was then removed in Iran. But at that time Golestani could not participate with Iran because she had to undergo emergency surgery.
According to a report by The New Arabia, this is not the first time when Golestani’s Iranian is not with the police. He spent time in the country’s avin jail in 2022. Many political prisoners have been allegedly burnt alive in this jail.
If we talk about Golestani’s personal life, he was born in 1980. She is an actress as well as a director. She has appeared in films like Mihman Darim (2014), Shab Biron (2014), Emruz (2014), Buffalo (2015), Gorg Baji (2018) and Two Dogs (2021). He made his debut in 2015 as a director with his screenplay -based film ‘Two’.
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