(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 29 - The golden bear of the Berlinale 2020 went to the film There Is No Evil by the Iranian Mohammad Rasoulof.
"We are delighted, but unfortunately it is very sad that Mohammad was not able to be here tonight," said the one who withdrew the Berlinale 2020 golden bear in place of the Iranian director, stressing that the director "was not allowed to leave the country" . Many tears in the Berlinale audience, among the cast members of the film: "Mohammad you are not alone", was shouted at him from the stage of the Berlinale gala.
The film, presented as the last among those of the competition and so powerful as to have immediately cleared the odds, will be distributed in Italy by Satin. Inside four stories full of poetry with 'Bella ciao' sung in Italian to make it clear that this film knows where it wants to go. The theme? The death penalty, pressure, guilt and the ability to take sides. (HANDLE).
The Golden Bear speaks Iranian, it's Rasoulof's There Is No Evil
2/29/2020, 7:42:20 PM
The golden bear of the Berlinale 2020 went to the film There Is No Evil by the Iranian Mohammad Rasoulof. (HANDLE)