Forgiven is based on a true life event that follows the life of an adult survivor that navigates her abusive childhood from both her mother and father.
Acting
Kristi Lawrence carries unbearable weight with quiet devastation.
Direction
Campbell doesn't flinch from showing abuse's mundane horror.
Director
Jason Campbell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 74-minute runtime isn't indie limitation — it's deliberate suffocation, mirroring how trauma compresses time into eternal present.
Released into a Christian film market that usually sanitizes abuse, 'Forgiven' was remarkably divisive among faith audiences for refusing redemption arcs for abusers.
US
