The Forgiven

EIFF is pleased to welcome John Michael McDonagh to Edinburgh this Summer to present The Forgiven and meet audiences in a post-screening Q&A.

Foul-mouthed David (Ralph Fiennes) and dry wit Jo (Jessica Chastain) are an unhappily married couple driving to an extravagant party in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains hosted by couple Richard and Dally (Matt Smith and Caleb Landry Jones). A sudden accident stops them in their tracks, forcing David to confront his own destructive urges. John Michael McDonagh (Calvary), who opened EIFF 2011 with The Guard, returns with a vivid satire of jet set decadence, balancing provocation with a more introspective turn. [15] Kate Taylor