The Forgiven

Set over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a chance accident at a lavish villa shatters the surface pleasures of a house party and sends ripples through the lives of both local Muslims and Western visitors. What begins as a private, hedonistic escape becomes a tense collision of worlds, as secrets, power imbalances, and competing versions of truth emerge amid the region’s stark beauty.

The film is a morally probing drama that balances dark humor with painful human consequence, forcing characters on every side to confront guilt, responsibility, and the fraught possibility of absolution. Unflinching and atmospheric, it examines how privilege and vulnerability shape justice and empathy, leaving viewers with lingering, uncomfortable questions rather than tidy resolutions.