in secret

Rescue workers from the White Helmets say they have ended their search operation for possible detainees in secret cells or basements at Syria's notorious Saydnaya military prison without finding anyone.

Rasoulof, as has been widely reported, filmed his movie in secret and then had to flee his home country to avoid a prison sentence.

Olsen: The film opens with a title card that reads, “This film was made in secret. When there is no way, a way must be found.”

You can call in secret: they will protect your privacy.

Reality seeps into “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in multiple ways, including ones that writer-director Mohammad Rasoulof couldn’t have imagined back when he shot this absorbing drama in secret.