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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.
Original Release
09/11/2020
US Release
05/14/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Zhila Shahi | Zaman |
Baran Rasoulof | Darya |
Mohammad Valizadegan | Javad |
Mahtab Servati | Nana / Na'na |
Ehsan Mirhosseini | Heshmat |
Mohammad Seddighimehr | Bahram |
Kaveh Ahangar | Pouya |
Pejvak Imani | Nima |
Parvin Maleki | |
Darya Moghbeli | Tahmineh |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Zhila Shahi | Zaman |
Baran Rasoulof | Darya |
Mohammad Valizadegan | Javad |
Mahtab Servati | Nana / Na'na |
Ehsan Mirhosseini | Heshmat |
Mohammad Seddighimehr | Bahram |
Kaveh Ahangar | Pouya |
Pejvak Imani | Nima |
Parvin Maleki | |
Darya Moghbeli | Tahmineh |
Shaghayegh Shourian | Razieh |
Kaveh Ebrahim | Amir |
Anahita Eghbalnejad | Nana's mother |
Bardia Yadegari | Prisoner |
Alireza Zareparast | Hasan |
Pouya Mehri | Ali |
Reza Bahrami | Shahram |
Salar Khamseh | Salar |
Gholamhosein Taseiri |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Farzad Pak | Executive Producer |
Mohammad Rasoulof | Producer |
Kaveh Farnam | Producer |
Farzad Pak | Producer |
Christoph Thoke | Producer |