Speeding through the Moroccan desert to attend an old friend’s lavish weekend party, wealthy Londoners David and Jo Henninger (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) are involved in a tragic accident with a local teenage boy. Arriving late at the grand villa with the debauched party raging, the couple attempts to cover up the incident with the collusion of the local police. But when the boy’s father arrives seeking justice, the stage is set for a tension-filled culture clash in which David and Jo must come to terms with their fateful act and its shattering consequences.
Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker John Michael McDonagh, the film is based on Lawrence Osborne’s novel of the same name.
The Forgiven stars Academy-award® nominated Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The English Patient), Academy-award® winner Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Zero Dark Thirty), Matt Smith (The Crown, Last Night in Soho), Saïd Taghmaoui (G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum), Abbey Lee (The Neon Demon, Mad Max: Fury Road), Mourad Zaoui (The Spy, Zanka Contact), Caleb Landry Jones (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Get Out), Ismael Kanater (Queen of the Desert, The Honorable Woman), and Christopher Abbott (Possessor, Black Bear).
Making its World Premiere at TIFF 2021 and US Premiere at Tribeca 2022, the film will be released only in theaters on July 1, 2022.
