DVD
The forgiveness of blood
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Director-approved DVD special ed.
Languages
In Albanian, with English subtitles.
Performers
Tristan Halilaj, Sindi Lacej, Refet Abazi.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In northern Albania, a place still troubled by the ancient custom of interfamilial blood feuds, a teenage brother and sister are physically and emotionally trapped in a cycle of violence, a result of their father's entanglement with a rival clan over a piece of land.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Special features: audio commentary by director and cowriter Joshua Marston ; Acting close to home ; Truth on the ground ; audition and rehearsal footage ; trailer.