ONLY GOD FORGIVES
synopsis
Ten years ago in Bangkok Julian killed a cop and went on the run. Now he manages a Thai boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. Respected in the criminal underworld, deep inside, he feels empty. When Julian's brother kills a prostitute, the police reaches out to retired cop Chang, known as the Angel of Vengeance. Chang allows the father to kill his daughters murderer, then restores order by chopping off the man's right hand. Julian's mother Jenna, the head of a powerful criminal organization, arrives in Bangkok to collect her son's body. She orders Julian to find his killers and raise hell. Increasingly obsessed with the Angel of Vengeance, Julian challenges him to a boxing match, hoping that by defeating him he might find spiritual release but Chang triumphs. A furious Jenna plots revenge and the stage is set for a bloody journey through betrayal and vengeance towards a final confrontation and the possibility of redemption.
international title: | Only God Forgives |
original title: | Only God Forgives |
country: | Denmark, France |
sales agent: | Goodfellas, Gaumont |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Nicolas Winding Refn |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | FR 22/05/2013, DK 30/05/2013, IT 30/05/2013, NO 31/05/2013, SE 31/05/2013, FI 07/06/2013, NL 13/06/2013, DE 18/07/2013, PT 25/07/2013, UK 02/08/2013, ES 31/10/2013, RO 29/11/2013 |
screenplay: | Nicolas Winding Refn |
cast: | Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown, Tom Burke |
cinematography by: | Larry Smith |
film editing: | Matthew Newman |
art director: | Russell Barnes |
music: | Cliff Martinez |
producer: | Sidonie Dumas, Vincent Maraval, Lene Børglum |
co-producer: | Jessica Ask, Jacob Jarek |
production: | Space Rocket Nation, Gaumont, Goodfellas |
backing: | Media Programme |
distributor: | 01 Distribution, Wild Side, Le Pacte, Scanbox Entertainment Denmark, Cinéart Netherlands B.V., Tiberius Film Gmbh, Lionsgate, Pa-Dora d.o.o., Fivia d.o.o., Vértigo Films, Independenta Film |