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There Is No Evil thoughtfully poses troubling questions about man's responsibility to man -- and leaves the viewer to try and answer them. Read critic reviews

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Shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran, There is No Evil is an anthology film comprising four moral tales about men faced with a simple yet unthinkable choice -- to follow orders to enforce the death penalty, or resist and risk everything. Whatever they decide, it will directly or indirectly affect their lives, their relationships, and their consciences. Says director Mohammad Rasoulof: "As responsible citizens, do we have a choice when enforcing the inhumane orders of despots? As human beings, to what extent are we to be held responsible for carrying out those orders? Where does the duality of love and moral responsibility leave us?" Suspenseful, mysterious, and shot through with a sense of urgency, Rasoulof's film is an incisive look at the moral strength and inner humanity of its protagonists.

Cast & Crew

Ehsan Mirhosseini
Shaghayegh Shoorian
Kaveh Ahangar
Alireza Zareparast
Mohammad Rasoulof
Director
Mohammad Rasoulof
Screenwriter

Critic Reviews for There Is No Evil

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  • To make a movie that ponders the moral rot of an unjust system while under the gun of that unjust system is courageous and artistically potent.

    May 17, 2021 | Full Review…

    Ben Kenigsberg

    New York Times

  • [W]hen juxtaposed against a history of Iranian cinema that has often relied on child-centric allegory and non-specific narrative to make its societal critiques, [it] practically blisters with the intensity of specifically living in Iran... now

    May 15, 2021 | Full Review…

    Robert Abele

    Los Angeles Times

  • A powerful work of moral courage and urgency.

    May 14, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

    Godfrey Cheshire

    RogerEbert.com

  • It's a comparatively solid quartet of short films that critically examine the country's dehumanizing system of capital punishment, putting a human face on the citizen-executioner asked to carry out the all-too-frequently enacted death penalty.

    May 13, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

    Steve Davis

    Austin Chronicle

  • The film's as compassionate as it is unsettling, and as provocative as it is poignant.

    May 12, 2021 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

    Roxana Hadadi

    AV Club

  • Rasoulof's aesthetic is plain and practical; his sense of drama has the revelatory power of documentary.

    May 10, 2021 | Full Review…

    Richard Brody

    New Yorker
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