Despite a lifetime ban from filmmaking, Mohammad Rasoulof shot his Berlin competition entry 'There Is No Evil' in secret. Now, facing prison time, he refuses to back down: 'I have made my decision to speak out.'
Despite a lifetime ban from filmmaking, the award-winning helmer shot his Berlin competition entry 'There Is No Evil' in secret. Now, facing prison time, he refuses to back down:"I have made my decision to speak out."The award-winning Iranian director made his new movie,, landed him a lifetime working ban from the regime in Tehran for "spreading propaganda" against the Islamic republic.
The film traces four interlocking stories revolving around a single theme: How can an individual, even under a despotic regime, show moral courage? The stories all connect directly to the issue of Iran’s death penalty and government-sanctioned killing of dissents and political opponents.government than he has dared in his films in the past.
"An oppressive regime like ours puts you under pressure every day; little sacrifices, little lies and hypocrisies you have to submit to," Rasoulof says. "Generally you put up with it without focusing too much on the injustice of it all. But once I decided to show how this system works, I needed to also show how you can react or resist or refuse."
One of his hopes is that Iranians who see his movie — all of Rasoulof’s films have been banned in Iran but circulate via an underground system of DVDs — will understand that even in the worst conditions, even under threat of death, there is "a way of saying no."
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