International Film Festival of Ottawa

There Is No Evil (with Ain't No Time for Women)

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There is No Evil (Feature Film): The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.


Ain't No Time for Women (Short Film): Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda’s, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. The salon is transformed into a town square, mirroring the internal turmoil of the country. In this female sanctuary, we get an intimate look at the country’s teenage democracy.


About the Pairing:

A contextual contrast, and very different situation, to the Iran shown in There Is No Evil, Ain’t No Time for Women follows the conversations of a group of Tunisian women learning to exercise the rights and shoulder the burdens of a brand new democracy.


- Keltie Duncan

The four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.


Content warning: mature themes

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    151 minutes
  • Language
    Persian, German (English subtitles)
  • Country
    Iran, Germany, Czech Republic
  • Director
    Mohammad Rasoulof
  • Screenwriter
    Mohammad Rasoulof
  • Producer
    Kaveh Farnam, Farzad Pak, Mohammad Rasoulof
  • Cast
    Baran Rasoulof, Zhila Shahi, Ehsan Mirhosseini
  • Cinematographer
    Ashkan Ashkani
  • Editor
    Mohammadreza Muini, Meysam Muini
  • Production Design
    Saeid Asadi
  • Sound Design
    Hassan Mahdavi, Matthias Plischke
  • Music
    Amir Molookpour