Evil Does Not Exist tells the story of an isolated community in Japan banding together to protect its way of life from invasion and commodification. It reflects on not only the power of such existential threats, but the fragility of our defense mechanisms. The film poses plenty of questions about how we interact with nature without offering pat answers.

The movie “walks out of the theater with you and asks you to sit down on the nearest bench, where it waits patiently as you mull over what you’ve just experienced and come to your own conclusions. And as you walk away, it stays right with you; a valuable memory, a film that means something.”

The Wrap William Bibbiani

Japanese with English subtitles One hour and 46 minutes Wednesday Sept. 25 at 4:00 and at 7:00