There Is No Evil
Alternate/Foreign Title: Sheytan vojud nadarad [Original title]
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2021-07-13
Genre: Foreign
Sub-genre: Drama
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Stars: Baran Rasoulof, Zhila Shahi, Mohammad Seddighimehr, Ehsan Mirhosseini, Mohammad Valizadegan, Mahtab Servati, Kaveh Ahangar, Shaghayegh Shoorian, Parvin Maleki, Pouya Mehri, Alireza Zareparast, Kaveh Ebrahim, Darya Moghbeli, Reza Bahrami, Gholamhosein Taseiri, Salar Khamseh
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis: Working in defiance of a lifelong ban on filmmaking, dissident director Mohammad Rasoulof delivers a piercing drama about a subject he knows well: the costs of living under a repressive, brutal government. Winner of the Golden Bear, the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, There Is No Evil is a film in four chapters, each telling a different story related to the death penalty in contemporary Iran. The first story concerns a family man who, as we come to see, pays a grave moral price for his comfortable middle-class life. The second and third chapters focus on conscripted soldiers - in Iran, it is often these men who are forced to perform executions - and both segments explore the tension and turmoil that can come with such harsh coercion. The final section involves a family secret, which brings the film to its powerful conclusion.
Suspenseful, mysterious, and shot through with a sense of urgency, Rasoulof's work bears the mark of an artist who sets his own terms - and who knows just how to captivate an audience.   Source: VideoETA.com
Suspenseful, mysterious, and shot through with a sense of urgency, Rasoulof's work bears the mark of an artist who sets his own terms - and who knows just how to captivate an audience.   Source: VideoETA.com