Bleakly matter-of-fact in approach, the film has a devastating cumulative power that grows with each story.

The film's political importance is explored with a sincerity that outweighs it shortcomings.

There is great technique in the storytelling, and Rasoulof's outrage and nausea at the state-sanctioned murder gives the film passion.

There Is No Evil is Mohammad Rasoulof’s enthralling examination of the impact of the death penalty on ordinary people in Iran; last year’s Golden Bear winner.