Mohammad Rasoulof Watched ‘There Is No Evil’ With His Own Prison Guards ‘Seven Nights in a Row’: ‘I Was Bound to the Bed and They Were Complimenting Me’

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Marta Balaga Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof watched “There Is No Evil” with his own prison guards “seven nights in a row,” he recalled at Goteborg. “I was still bound to the bed and they were complimenting me: ‘Well done for making such a wonderful film!’ The problem started when new guards came in the next day, and they wanted to watch it with me as well.” It all went down when Rasoulof, who was experiencing health problems following his arrest, needed an operation.

Multiple prison guards were making sure he couldn’t escape the hospital. “After a while, one of them came and said: ‘I heard you are a film director.

Is it ok if we took a selfie together?’ Then other guards took turns, coming into the room and taking selfies with me.” They’d heard about “There Is No Evil,” he said.

One of the film’s episodes depicts a day in the life of an executioner. “One of them took out a USB stick and said: ‘I have it here.