White Wall Cinema Presents: THE FORGIVEN

Perhaps lesser known than his younger brother Martin McDonagh (director of In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri, and The Banshees of Inisherin) John Michael McDonagh makes films that are equally fascinating and no less brilliant. His latest work The Forgiven can be said to be part of the current wave of extreme biting satires of the wealthy kicked off by Parasite, and followed by the likes of Triangle Of Sadness, The White Lotus, The Menu and more. Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain (both outrageously excellent here) find themselves at the centre of a nasty incident on the way to a lavish party in the Moroccan desert hosted by two Londoners (Matt Smith and Caleb Landry Jones) for their vacuous and well heeled friends. What follows is a contemplative thriller stuffed with social commentary with a deliciously sardonic bent.

DOORS: 7.30pm*

START TIME: 8pm*

RUN TIME: 117 mins

CERT: 18