There Is No Evil (2020)

10/22/2020Drama2h 31m

Overview

Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Mahtab Servati

    Nana

  2. Cast 1

    Shaghayegh Shourian

    Razieh

  3. Baran Rasoulof

    Darya

  4. Darya Moghbeli

    Tahmineh

  5. Kaveh Ahangar

    Pouya

  6. Jila Shahi

    Zaman

  7. Ehsan Mirhosseini

    Heshmat

  8. Cast 1

    Mohammad Valizadegan

    Javad

  9. Alireza Zareparast

    Hasan

Kudos to Mohammad Rasoulof for making a film banned by Iran's authoritarian government. The subject matter alone demonstrates extraordinary courage: four separate stories exploring how ordinary people navigate complicity, conscience, resistance, and moral responsibility when faced with, or forced into, state-sanctioned execution. What makes "There Is No Evil" particularly powerful is how it refuses easy answers. Each segment presents a different relationship to capital punishment—those who participate, those who refuse, those who live with the consequences, those who flee. Rasoulof understa...