Evil Does Not Exist

Date:: from 25 Apr 2024

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A new and the most mysterious drama from the director of the Oscar-winning Drive My Car.

Aku wa Sonzai Shinai
2023, Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Japan
106 minutes, Japanese with Russian subtitles

Starring: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani

Handyman Takumi and his eight-year-old daughter Hana lead an idyllic life in a tiny forest village. But movie idylls rarely last—and the village is threatened by the construction of a glamping site in the nearby forest.

Shot from Evil Does Not Exist, 2023

Evil Does Not Exist is hesitant to reveal itself—until an ending reminiscent of Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning,” also centered on a man who decides he can take no more.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s new film at first seems to be a rather direct statement on the poisonous nature of capitalism. However, it repeatedly deceives the audience’s expectations, transforming itself into a stunning parable about human nature, nature itself, and the evil that can break out of everyone and everything.

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