Forgiveness

Release Date: 2006-08-08

Overview: On April 9, 1948, a Jewish militia entered the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin and killed over 100 villagers. Soon after, a mental hospital was built on the ruins. The first patients to be committed were Holocaust survivors. A legend says that to this day, the survivors have been communicating with the ghosts of the village. Forgiveness tells the story of David Adler, a 20-year old American-Israeli who decides to move back to Israel, only to find himself committed to a mental institution that sits on the ruins of a Palestinian village called Deir Yassin. Flashbacks and flashforwards reveal the events that led up to his hospitalization.

Rating: 4.333 / 10

Cast

Itay Tiran

as David

Clara Khoury

as Lila

Moni Moshonov

as Jakoov

Makram J. Khoury

as Dr. Isaac Shemesh

Tamara Mansour

as