There Is No Evil

Name: There Is No Evil
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: May 14, 2021
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Alireza Zareparast, Baran Rasoulof, Darya Moghbeli, Ehsan Mirhosseini, Kaveh Ahangar

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: May 14, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Alireza Zareparast, Baran Rasoulof, Darya Moghbeli, Ehsan Mirhosseini, Kaveh Ahangar, Mahtab Servati, Mohammad Seddighimehr, Mohammad Valizadegan, Pouya Mehri, Salar Khamseh, Shaghayegh Shoorian, Shahi Jila, Zhila Shahi

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Golden Bear (Best Film) at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival.

Summary: Shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran, There is No Evil is an anthology film comprising four moral tales about men faced with a simple yet unthinkable choice – to follow orders to enforce the death penalty, or resist and risk everything. Whatever they decide, it will directly or indirectly affect their lives, their relationships, andShot in secret and smuggled out of Iran, There is No Evil is an anthology film comprising four moral tales about men faced with a simple yet unthinkable choice – to follow orders to enforce the death penalty, or resist and risk everything. Whatever they decide, it will directly or indirectly affect their lives, their relationships, and their consciences. … Expand

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

Genre(s): Action, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 150 min

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Christopher Machell

Dec 2, 2021

Suffice to say, There Is No Evil is a deeply felt study of the effects of state violence on the individual. While the cost of resistance is high, the price of compliance may well be greater. Read full review

The Film Stage Ed Frankl

Feb 29, 2020

Not since A Short Film About Killing has a filmmaker produced such a thrilling case against capital punishment, an enraging, enthralling, enduring testament to the oppressed. Read full review

Roxana Hadadi

May 12, 2021

The film’s as compassionate as it is unsettling, and as provocative as it is poignant. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Mar 4, 2020

The film grapples with the various shapes that guilt and honor (or lack thereof) might take in a context of state-sanctioned death. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

May 14, 2021

The pleasures of watching There Is No Evil—a title that grows more piercingly ironic as the film progresses—are considerable. Read full review

Richard Brody

May 17, 2021

The movie is also sparing with metaphors and symbols—though the few that Rasoulof builds into the texture of the drama, such as a view of Javad’s wet military uniform hanging from a tree and an image of a fox prowling around a farm, are piercingly effective. Read full review

Deborah Young

Feb 29, 2020

Though the message comes across loud and clear, the four tales suffer from being narratively uneven, making the film’s two-and-a-half-hour running time seem long indeed. Read full review

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