Underplayed Gems

There Is No Evil (2020)

There Is No Evil poster
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
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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)

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