However, the director backed out the screening of the film citing the controversy created by the Jyllands-Posten over cartoon depiction of Islamic Prophet–Muhammad. Majid Majidi's film The Willow Tree was about to have its premiere at the 17th NatFilm Festival. Alireza Jalili as child Muhammad (without showing face).The film depicts pre-Islamic Arabia as seen through the eyes of Muhammad from birth to the age of 13. Millions of small birds then release a hail of stones onto Abraha's forces and the army is annihilated. As the army approaches Mecca, the elephants respond to divine order by halting and refusing to continue. He leads a well-equipped force of thousands of soldiers, horses and elephants. ( September 2021)īy the order of Abraha, King of Habasha, one of his army commanders launches an attack on Mecca in order to destroy the Kaaba. You can provide one by editing this article. This article needs an improved plot summary. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. The film was released both in Iran and at Montreal World Film Festival on 27 August 2015. For the critics, film-makers and journalists, a special screening was held at Cinema Farhang in Iran on 12 February 2015. The film was set to have its premiere at the Fajr International Film Festival on 1 February 2015 but was pulled out due to technical difficulties. The cinematography is done by Vittorio Storaro and film score is composed by A. Post-production works began in Munich during late 2013 and were completed in 2014. Throughout the filming process, Majidi worked with a team of historians and archaeologists for the work on accuracy of the early life of Prophet Muhammad. By 2011, a colossal set created in the city of Qom near Tehran was ready for the majority of the film. The film marks the biggest-budget production in Iranian cinema to date Development of Muhammad: The Messenger of God began in 2007 and Majidi wrote the first draft of the screenplay by 2009. The film, set in the sixth century, revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muhammad: The Messenger of God ( Persian: محمد رسول‌الله, romanized: Mohammad Rasulollah) is a 2015 Iranian Islamic epic film directed by Majid Majidi and co-written with Kambuzia Partovi.

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