The Unforgivable (2021)

Directed by

Nora Fingscheidt

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 2,069 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is released from prison after serving 20 years for murder. She tries to reconnect with her younger sister who was adopted as a child.

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What happens

The Unforgivable is a 2021 psychological drama film directed by Nora Fingscheidt and written by Peter Craig, Hillary Seitz, and Courtenay Miles, based on the 2009 British miniseries Unforgiven written by Sally Wainwright. The film stars Sandra Bullock as a woman who, following her release from prison after serving twenty years for committing murder, is determined to reunite with her estranged younger sister. Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond, Aisling Franciosi, Rob Morgan, and Viola Davis also star. A co-production of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, The Unforgivable was produced by Bullock, Graham King, and Veronica Ferres. Filming began in Vancouver in February 2020 and, after halting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, concluded that October. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 24, 2021, prior to streaming on Netflix on December 10, 2021. It received mixed reviews from critics but Bullock's performance was praised. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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