BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26917@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:There Is No Evil DTSTAMP:20260901T200717Z DTSTART:20260920T120000Z DESCRIPTION:Four stories reveal the human cost of Iran’s death-penalty syst em\, as ordinary\npeople are forced to choose between obedience\, resistan ce and moral\nresponsibility.\n\nA husband returns home after a night shif t. A young soldier struggles with an\norder he cannot accept. A man living in isolation carries the consequences of a\ndecision made years earlier. And a young couple discovers that the past of\nsomeone close to them is no t what they imagined. Across these stories\, Rasoulof\nmoves between the e veryday and the extraordinary\, revealing how political\nrepression can re ach deep into private lives.\n\nRather than depicting authoritarianism sol ely through its institutions\, There Is\nNo Evil focuses on the individual s who are forced to navigate them. Some obey\,\nsome resist\, and others t ry to find a way to live with the consequences of their\nchoices. The resu lt is a quietly devastating film about moral responsibility\,\ncomplicity and the price of obedience.\n\nThe film was made under the shadow of Rasou lof’s own persecution by the Iranian\nauthorities. At the 2020 Berlin Inte rnational Film Festival\, where he was unable\nto attend because of a trav el ban\, There Is No Evil won the Golden Bear for Best\nFilm.\n\nOn 4 Sept ember\, Mohammad Rasoulof joins us at De Balie for The Aesthetics of\nTyra nny\n[https://debalie.nl/programma/mohammad-rasoulof-the-aesthetics-of-tyr anny-04-09-2026/]\,\na conversation about power\, repression and the repre sentation of tyranny in his\nwork. In the weeks that follow\, we present a small retrospective of Rasoulof’s\nfilms\, offering the opportunity to di scover his remarkable body of work on the\nbig screen. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/there-is-no-evil GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596 LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,cinema,festivals,film,leidseplein,stories X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Four stories reveal the human cost of Iran’s death-penalty system, as ordinary people are forced to choose be tween obedience, resistance and moral responsibility.

A hu sband returns home after a night shift. A young soldier struggles with an order he cannot accept. A man living in isolation carries the consequences of a decision made years earlier. And a young couple discovers that the p ast of someone close to them is not what they imagined. Across these stori es, Rasoulof moves between the everyday and the extraordinary, revealing h ow political repression can reach deep into private lives.

Rather t han depicting authoritarianism solely through its institutions, There Is No Evil focuses on the individuals who are forced to navigate them . Some obey, some resist, and others try to find a way to live with the co nsequences of their choices. The result is a quietly devastating film abou t moral responsibility, complicity and the price of obedience.

The film was made under the shadow of Rasoulof’s own persecution by the Irania n authorities. At the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival, where he wa s unable to attend because of a travel ban, There Is No Evil won the Golden Bear for Best Film.

On 4 September, Mohammad Rasoulof jo ins us at De Balie for The Aesthe tics of Tyranny, a conversation about power, repression and the r epresentation of tyranny in his work. In the weeks that follow, we present a small retrospective of Rasoulof’s films, offering the opportunity to di scover his remarkable body of work on the big screen.

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