CRITERION COLLECTION: THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: American director Joshua Marston emerged in 2004 with the jolting, Oscar-nominated Maria Full of Grace, about a young Colombian woman working as a drug mule. In his remarkable follow-up, The Forgiveness of Blood, he turns his camera on another corner of the world: contemporary northern Albania, a place still troubled by the ancient custom of interfamilial blood feuds. From this reality, Marston sculpts a fictional narrative about a teenage brother and sister physically and emotionally trapped in a cycle of violence, a result of their father's entanglement with a rival clan over a piece of land. The Forgiveness of Blood is a tense and perceptive depiction of a place where tradition and progress coexist uneasily, as well as a dynamic coming-of-age drama.
• Cast: Tristan Halilaj, Refet Abazi, Zana Hasaj, Erjon Mani, Luan Jaha, Çun Lajçi, Veton Osmani, Zefir 'Bep' Bushati, Selman Lokaj, Kol Zefi, Sindi Lacej, Ilire Vinca Celaj, Esmeralda Gjonlulaj, Elsajed Tallalli, Ibrahim Ymeri, Servete Haxhija, Arlind Lleshi, Alfred Lisi, Edmond Pepkolaj, Geg Zefi, Pjeter Noshi, Gjon Lula, Isuf Duraj, Sabri Haxhija, Ruzhdi Piranaj, Xhevdet Shima, Gjin Basha, Arben Buraj, Injac Marku, Haxhi Brati, Eduard Beqiri, Fatmir Shabaj, Fastwebo, Joshua Marston, Andamion Murataj
• Director: Joshua Marston
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: Fandango Portobello, Phoenix Film Investments, Journeyman Pictures
• Media Format: Movie