Only God Forgives

    Genre
    Action, Crime, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    90 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2013
  • |
    • Countries
    Denmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Thai
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Nicolas Winding Refn
WRITTEN BY:
Nicolas Winding Refn
CAST INCLUDES:
Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Director/Writer Nicolas Winding Refn (THE NEON DEMON) reunites with Ryan Gosling in this DRIVE follow up that was heralded by Guardian as "gripping. Every scene, every frame, is executed with pure formal brilliance." Set in Thailand, this Cannes Film Festival Official Selection follows a drug trafficker (Gosling), whose mother sends him on a mission to avenge his older brother, who was killed for beating an underage sex worker to death.

SYNOPSIS

Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok’s criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother’s recent death.

Only God Forgives

    Genre
    Action, Crime, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    90 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2013
  • |
    • Countries
    Denmark, France, USA, Sweden, Belgium
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Thai
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Nicolas Winding Refn
WRITTEN BY
Nicolas Winding Refn
CAST INCLUDES
Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm
Director/Writer Nicolas Winding Refn (THE NEON DEMON) reunites with Ryan Gosling in this DRIVE follow up that was heralded by Guardian as "gripping. Every scene, every frame, is executed with pure formal brilliance." Set in Thailand, this Cannes Film Festival Official Selection follows a drug trafficker (Gosling), whose mother sends him on a mission to avenge his older brother, who was killed for beating an underage sex worker to death.

Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok’s criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother’s recent death.

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