The film is presented as his strongest attack on the Iranian regime so far. Rasoulof, sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging in Iran, fled from there in the spring with the help of human smugglers who took him on foot across the border.
"The Holy Tree's Fruits" is about a regime-loyal man whose life is turned upside down when his daughters openly question the regime after Mahsa Amini dies after being arrested for wearing her hijab "incorrectly". The wife chooses to take her daughters' side.
The film will now have its Swedish premiere at the festival on January 30 and will then be released in cinemas on March 7. After the film's world premiere in Cannes in the spring, Mohammad Rasoulof received a 12-minute standing ovation from the audience, reported Dagens Nyheter.
