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Forgiveness (2006)

Forgiveness (2006)

Drama
Release Date: 2006, August 8
Directors: Udi Aloni
Countries: Israel, United States of America
Cast: Clara Khoury, Tony Devon, Omer Barnea, Michael Sarne, Eric Silver, Makram J. Khoury, Moni Moshonov, Terrence Clowe, Idit Teperson, Ryan P. Shrime, Ohad Naharin, Ruba Bilal

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.