THE FORGIVEN

By Roland JOFFE

13 FILMS - as SALES

Drama - Completed 2016

Archbishop Desmond Tutu finds himself morally challenged when he meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption during post-apartheid South Africa.

    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller
    • Countries
    • SOUTH AFRICA, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 114 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Roland JOFFE
    • Writer(s)
    • Roland JOFFE
    • Producer(s)
    • Craig BAUMGARTEN
    • Synopsis
    • Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Whitaker) finds himself morally and intellectually challenged by Piet Blomfield (Bana), a convicted murderer serving a life sentence in prison and seeking redemption for the atrocities he committed. Tutu must fight to hold together a country threatening to tear itself apart once again without losing himself in the process.