Evil Does Not Exist

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi / Japan

Screening

FILMIN

ONLINE from 6th to 16th NOV

Film Information

Year: 2023

Duration: 106

Language: VOSE / VOSC

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. Like generations before them, they live a modest life according to the cycles and order of nature. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a glamping site near Takumi’s house offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to nature. When two company representatives from Tokyo arrive in the village to hold a meeting, it becomes clear that the project will have a negative impact on the local water supply, causing unrest. The agency’s mismatched intentions endanger both the ecological balance of the plateau and their way of life, with an aftermath that deeply affects the main characters’ lives.

Director

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (1978) is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter born in Kanagawa. He graduated from the University of Tokyo and soon after began working in the film industry.

 

Since his first film, Passion (2008), has created several films that have earned him numerous nominations and awards. The film Asako I & II (2018) was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and, in 2021, he won the Best Film award at the same festival with Drive My Car (2021). With this last film, Evil Does Not Exist (2023), he has been nominated to an Oscar Award for Best International Feature Film, Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.