Penance

Penance

God may forgive you, but she never will.

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Release Date

5/29/2013

Runtime

270 mins

Genres

Overview

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunting exploration of how unresolved trauma ripples through a community, following four girls as they each grapple with the weight of a murdered child and a mother's unrelenting curse. Meditative and psychologically punishing, it examines whether penance can ever truly atone.

Mood

MournfulTenseBleakContemplative

Themes

GriefRedemptionJusticeMemory

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDesaturated

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

Graphic violence

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