Cannes-Bound Iranian Film ‘Mother and Child’ Sparks Controversy, Prompting ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director to Intervene (EXCLUSIVE)

Even before Saeed Roustayee’s “Woman and Child” premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director’s new work is sparking heated controversy that reflects deep soul searching within the turbulent country’s filmmaking community. The upswell of feelings and opinions that “Woman and Child” is already eliciting, sight unseen, has prompted fellow Iranian helmer Mohammad […]