Evil Does Not Exist

Trail & District Arts Council’s MONDAY CINEMA

Evil Does Not Exist

at The Royal Theatre, 1597 Bay Avenue, Trail.

Monday, November 25 @ 4 pm.
Doors open at 3:30 pm.

$13/person – No assigned seating. Only 143 seats available.

Director(s) Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Duration: 106 minutes
Featuring Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka
Rating: Not yet rated
Content Advisory: Brief violence
Tags: Arthouse Sensation, Celebrated Filmmaker, Social Awareness, Thought-Provoking

Writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s much anticipated follow-up to the Oscar-winning Drive My Car traces the sensitive dispute between residents of a serene rural village and the city-based talent agency whose proposed plans for a luxury camping site threaten their way of life.

As with his previous film, Hamaguchi has once again crafted a modern fable with mythic implications springing from the mundane, as rote bureaucratic efforts towards understanding patiently crescendo to a cosmic meditation on our place in the universe.

Evil Does Not Exist feels wholly singular in the way it depicts classical themes of nature versus industry and will give audiences much to ponder.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVY4lWfrbME

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/evil_does_not_exist

Awards: Grand Jury Prize, Venice Film Festival (2023)

Tickets $13 at tickets.trail-arts.com or call the Box Office at 250-368-9669 Monday to Friday from 12-4 pm. If tickets are available, they will go on sale at the venue 30 minutes before the screening. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to show time.

Monday Cinema series is part of the Toronto International Film Festival Film Circuit and proudly supported by MP Wealth Advisory.

Other films in the Fall Monday Cinema series are:

Sing Sing: Dec. 2, 2024

Cafe Daughter: Dec. 9, 2024