There Is No Evil (2020)

Original title

شیطان وجود ندارد

Directed by

Mohammad Rasoulof

Cast

Liu Ye, Wang Ying Lu, Song Yang, Han Jing, Liu Shuai Liang, Liu Xian Da, Han Ye Zhou, Tu Zhi Ying

Genre

drama film, anthology film

Country

Iran, Czech Republic, Germany

Runtime

2h 31m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 166 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an anthology film with four stories. They each show different people affected by the death penalty in Iran. The film focuses on their personal experiences and moral choices.

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What happens

There Is No Evil (Persian: شیطان وجود ندارد, romanized: Sheytân vojūd nadârad, lit. 'Shaitan Doesn't Exist') is a 2020 Persian-language drama film written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Banned in Iran, the film relates four stories concerning the death penalty in Iran. It had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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