The Sealed Soil
2025, Persian. Directed by Marva Nabili.
A young woman in pre-revolution Iran is caught between the traditional values of her small village and her own yearnings for independence and individuality. Her persistent refusal of marriage proposals coupled with her unseemly removal of her hood causes her family to seek the help of an exorcist, convinced she must be possessed by evil spirits. Made surreptitiously in 1977 just as the Ayatollah Khomeini regime was coming to power, a rough cut of ‘The Sealed Soil” was smuggled out of Iran by the director in a false-bottomed suitcase, and taken to the U.S., where she completed her final cut. The film has never been seen in Iran.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Persian
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- Released
- 30 May 2025
- Original title
- خاک سر به مهر
- Country
- Iran
- Written by
- Marva Nabili
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The Sealed Soil runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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The Sealed Soil isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Sealed Soil?
If you liked The Sealed Soil, try Call Me Crazy: A Five Film, The Girl in the Book, Sky.
Who directed The Sealed Soil?
The Sealed Soil (2025) was directed by Marva Nabili and stars Flora Shabaviz.