Evil Does Not Exist

Aku wa Sonzai Shinai

Venice Film Festival

VERDICT: Starkly opposing views of nature collide in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’ which, despite its portentous title, is simplicity itself and in a minor key after ‘Drive My Car’.

Deborah Young

September 4th, 2023

After the narrative brilliance and moral complexity of Drive My Car, winner of the Academy Award for
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