Forgiveness

“Written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alex Kahuam, who lets the visuals do the talking as it’s almost completely dialogue-free. It’s hauntingly filmed in long, fluid shots that heighten the frantic panic of the women it follows. Forgiveness is packed full of disturbing imagery with a surreal edge and is terrifyingly mesmerizing.”

“Director Alex Kahuam has brought to Arrow Films FrightFest a brutal and intelligent film, Forgiveness. Almost devoid of dialogue, it’s an excursion into the raw side of reality.”

"See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil. An existential, allegorical spin on the much-maligned so-called “torture porn” sub-genre, this is SAW by way of Sartre and De Sade.

“Kahuam has gone all in - and we really do mean all in - to create a perverse and stark-mad Funhouse within his hospital setting.”

“Grimmfest day 2 highlight: Forgivenes is an intense film, with almost constantly droning synth music, flashing lights, and chaotic long takes. It kept me intrigued throughout.”

“Alex Kahuam’s art-horror feature Forgiveness is a deeply personal project that asks difficult qustions of its audience. Rejecting the use of dialogue, Kahuam instead forms his own cinematic language through a subversion of the senses.”