Oscars awards ceremony and faces 74 lashes as well as a year in prison for her lead role in one of the nominated films that criticises the country.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig, an Oscar-nominated film about a family driven apart by the Woman, Life, Freedom protests in 2022, which were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. The film spotlights moral corruption and tensions in Iranian society.
The actress plays Najmeh, the wife of a regime official who is promoted to "investigator" in the Revolutionary Court and goes on to sign off on death warrants regardless of whether there is sufficient proof.
Golestani’s character finds herself torn between the perks of her husband’s promotion and the protests unfolding on the ground.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig has been nominated for Best International Feature Film by Germany, but Golestani will not be able to attend as she has been banned from leaving the country, she told The Times.
Unable to flee Iran
Ebrahim Raisi and a brief period where the curfew was lifted in Iran. At the time, Golestani was left behind due to an emergency surgery.
fled to Germany after being sentenced to eight years in prison and has been pressured to pull the movie from the Cannes Film Festival. He is still wanted by Iran’s authorities while other actors have been harassed.
Cannes Film Festival last year.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig was filmed secretly and shot with two scripts in case they were approached.
spent time in the country’s Evin jail in 2022, a prison known for incinerating political prisoners.
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