The Forgiven
Synopsis
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2021 - Gala Presentations - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 117 min
- Director
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John Michael McDonagh
- Producer
- Elizabeth Eves, John Michael McDonagh, Trevor Matthews, Nick Gordon
- Executive Producer
- Norman Merry, Peter Hampden, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Jack Heller, Scott Veltri, Kimberly Fox, Donald Povieng, Ollie Madden, Daniel Battsek, Lawrence Osborne
- Editor
- Elizabeth Eves, Chris Gill
- Screenwriter
- John Michael McDonagh
- Director of Photography
- Larry Smith
- Production Designer
- Willem Smit
- Sound
- Ivor Talbot, Robert Flanagan
- Composer
- Lorne Balfe
- Principal cast
- Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Saïd Taghmaoui, Caleb Landry Jones
- Film Image
- © Nick Wall Photography
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
House of Un-American Activities (UK), Brookstreet Productions (CA), Assemble Media (US), Kasbah Films (MA) production in association with Head Gear Films (UK), Metro Technology (UK)
Sales Company
MadRiver Pictures
9903 S. Santa Monica Blvd #4500Beverly Hills, CA 90212
USA
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