Heshmat, an exemplary husband and father, gets up very early every day. Where does he go? Pouya cannot imagine killing another man, yet he is told he must do so. Javad doesn’t know that proposing to his beloved won’t be the only surprise on her birthday. Bahram is a physician but is unable to practice medicine. He has decided to explain to his visiting niece the reason for his life as an outcast. The four stories that comprise There Is No Evil offer variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty, asking to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats. In the context of structural oppression, choice seems to be limited to either resisting or surviving.
Fiction
Iran, Germany, Czech Republic
2020
Persian, German with English and Arabic subtitles.
150 min
16+
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
Producers: Mohammad Rasoulof, Kaven Farnam, Farzad Pak.
Cast: Ehsan Mirhosseini, Shaghayegh Shourian, Kaveh Ahangar, Alireza Zareparast, Salar Khamseh, Darya Moghbeli, Mahtab Servati, Mohammad Valizadegan, Mohammad Seddighimehr, Jila Shahi, Baran Rasoulof.
Screenwriter: Mohammad Rasoulof
Cinematography: Ashkan Ashkani
Editing: Mohammadreza Muini, Meysam Muini.
ولد في شيراز، إيران عام ١٩٧٢، وبدأ بإخراج الوثائقيات والأفلام القصيرة في الوقت الذي كان يدرس فيه علم الاجتماع. بعد فيلمه الثاني، الجزيرة الحديدية، بدأ التضييق على فرصه في صنع الأفلام وعرضها. كانت أفلامه السبعة الطويلة ضحية للنظام الرقابي في إيران. في العام ٢٠١٠، تم اعتقاله وهو في موقع تصوير أحد أفلامه إلى جانب جعفر بناهي وتم الحكم عليه بعام في السجن. فاز رسولوف بجوائز دولية عدة وشاركت أعماله في قسم نظرة خاصة في مهرجان كان. منذ العام ٢٠١٧، تم منعه من مغادرة إيران.
فاز فيلم لا وجود للشيطان بجائزة الدب الذهبي في مهرجان برلين السينمائي الدولي لعام ٢٠٢٠.
Born in Shiraz, Iran in 1972, he began directing documentaries and short films while studying sociology. After his second film, Iron Island, opportunities for him to make and screen his work grew increasingly restricted. All seven of his feature films have fallen victim to the censor in Iran. In 2010, he was arrested on set while working alongside Jafar Panahi and sentenced to a year in prison. He has won numerous international awards for his work including several prizes in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. Since 2017, he has been officially barred from leaving Iran.
There is No Evil is the winner of the Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival, 2020.