There Is No Evil

There Is No Evil (Persian: شیطان وجود ندارد, lit. 'Satan doesn't exist', sheytân vojūd nadârad) is a 2020 Iranian drama film directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Banned in Iran, the film relates four stories concerning the death penalty in Iran.

There Is No Evil
Film poster
Directed byMohammad Rasoulof
Written byMohammad Rasoulof
Produced byMohammad Rasoulof
Kaveh Farnam
Farzad Pak
Starring
CinematographyAshkan Ashkani
Edited byMohammadreza Muini
Meysam Muini
Music byAmir Molookpour
Release date
  • 28 February 2020 (2020-02-28) (Berlin)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIran
LanguagePersian
Box office$13,055[1][2]

Plot

The film relates four stories involving the capital punishment in Iran.[3][4]

Cast
  • Ehsan Mirhosseini as Heshmat
  • Shaghayegh Shourian as Razieh
  • Kaveh Ahangar as Pouya
  • Alireza Zareparast as Hasan
  • Salar Khamseh as Salar
  • Kaveh Ebrahim as Amir
  • Pouya Mehri as Ali
  • Darya Moghbeli as Tahmineh
  • Mahtab Servati as Nana
  • Mohammad Valizadegan as Javad
  • Mohammad Seddighimehr as Bahram
  • Jila Shahi as Zaman
  • Baran Rasoulof as Darya

Themes

Rasoulof explained that the film is about "people taking responsibility" for their actions, and that each story "is based on my own experience".[5]

Production

There Is No Evil was directed by Mohammad Rasoulof.[3][4] Recorded secretly, the film is banned from being shown in Iran.[6]

Release

The film was shown at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2020.[3]

Farhang Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive released There Is No Evil online from 14 May to 10 June 2021,[7] and it was shown at the Sydney Film Festival, Australia, in November 2021.[8]

Accolades

The director is jailed and banned from leaving Iran, so was not able to attend competitions or receive awards.[10]

References
  1. "There Is No Evil (2020)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. "Sheytan vojud nadarad (2020)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. "The 70th Berlinale Competition and Further Films to Complete the Berlinale Special". Berlinale. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. "Berlin Competition Lineup Revealed: Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, Eliza Hittman, Abel Ferrara". Variety. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. "Berlin International Film Festival: Iranian film about executions wins top prize". BBC News. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. Buddies, 電影筆友 Movie (17 November 2020). "《惡與他們的距離》(There Is No Evil)｜惡魔在哪裏？". Medium.
  7. "Farhang Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive present". Farhang Foundation. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  8. Jefferson, Dee (14 November 2021). "Sydney Film Festival's top prize goes to Mohammad Rasoulof's There Is No Evil, about capital punishment in Iran". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  9. "Berlin Film Festival 2020: There Is No Evil Wins Golden Bear". Variety. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. "2021年柏林电影节的大咖评委 | DW | 12.02.2021". DW.COM.
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