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The Forgiven

Synopsis

Taking place over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, exploring the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of both the locals and western visitors to a house party in a grand villa.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2021 - Gala Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year
2021
Type of project
Features
Running time
117 min
Director
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

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

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)

House of Un-American Activities

Sales Company

MadRiver Pictures

9903 S. Santa Monica Blvd #4500
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
USA

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