19th New York Asian Film Festival

Aug 28 - Sep 12, 2020

Photo: © 2020 "Forgiven Children"Film Partners

International Premiere

Forgiven Children

許された子どもたち

Available: Aug. 28 - Sept. 12, All USA

The children are not all right in this tale of unspeakable cruelty. When a 13-year-old boy incites heart-wrenching tragedy with a crossbow, all he can do is deny it. This fascinating twist on the scourge of bullying takes no prisoners. Moral questions are mantled here not by genre tropes, but as an all too true to life story ripped from the headlines, with harrowing repercussions. This intense edge-of-your-seat cautionary thriller delivers a scathing exposé of codified violence, a failed judicial system and the frightening dissolution of moral conscience.

Director Naito Eisuke (Liverleaf, NYAFF 2018; Let's Make the Teacher Have a Miscarriage Club, NYAFF 2012) is back with a vengeance!

Director: Naito Eisuke
Cast: Kuroiwa Yoshi, Nagura Yukino, Sumikawa Ryuju, Abe Takuya, Uemura Yu
Languages: Japanese with English subtitles
2020; 131 min.

SCHEDULE:

Monday September 7, 8:30pm
Smart Cinema USA

Available: Aug. 28 - Sept. 12, All USA