Late to the game on this one, friends. Apologies.

Evil Does Not Exist, (JPN, 2023)
Detroit Film Theatre
5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI
Saturday, May 25, 2024, 3:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, May 26, 2024, 2:00pm

Multi-nominated and multi-awarded 2023 film by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi…

Deep in the forest of the rural village Harasawa, single parent Takumi lives with his young daughter, Hana, and does odd jobs for locals. The serenity of this untouched land is disrupted by the arrival of a Tokyo company ready to start construction on a glamping site for tourists—a plan that could have dire results for the community.

This potent and foreboding new film from Oscar®-winning director Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) is a haunting, unexpected experience with its rapturous score that breaks from the usual country-vs.-city themes and walks the line between the earthly and the metaphysical. Grand Jury Prizes, Venice Film Festival and Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In Japanese with English subtitles. (105 min.)