#The Seed of the Sacred Fig That dinner table scene is absolutely brilliant. The daughter's relentless questioning clashes head-on with the father's insistence on maintaining authority. And the ending, the placement of that gunshot, is exceptional. It's not aimed at the father, but at the crumbling earth beneath his feet. As he's swallowed by the collapsing soil, it symbolizes the burial of the old, the outdated, and the barbaric, finally consigned to the ruins.