There Is No Evil

There Is No Evil is a 2020 Persian-language drama film directed and written 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.

Plot
The film relates four stories involving capital punishment in Iran.

Cast
Credits adapted from the film's ending credits.

Episode I Episode II Episode III Episode IV
 * Ehsan Mirhosseini as Heshmat
 * Shaghayegh Shourian as Razieh
 * Kaveh Ahangar as Pouya
 * Alireza Zareparast as Hasan
 * Salar Khamseh as Salar
 * Kaveh Ebrahim as Amir
 * Reza Bahrami as Ali
 * Darya Moghbeli as Tahmineh
 * Mohammad Valizadegan as Javad
 * Mahtab Servati as Nana
 * Anahita Eghbalnejad as Nana's Mother
 * Hassan Tasiri as Nana's Father
 * Mohammad Seddighimehr as Bahram
 * Jila Shahi as Zaman
 * Baran Rasoulof as Darya

Themes
Rasoulof explained that the film is about "people taking responsibility" for their actions, and that each story "is based on my own experience".

Production
There Is No Evil was directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. Recorded secretly, the film is banned from being shown in Iran.

Release
The film was shown at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2020.

Farhang Foundation and the UCLA Film & Television Archive released There Is No Evil online from 14 May to 10 June 2021, and it was shown at the 68th Sydney Film Festival, Australia, in November 2021.

Accolades

 * It won the Golden Bear at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2020.
 * Sydney Film Prize, November 2021

Rasoulof was unable to attend as he was jailed and banned from leaving Iran.