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One of the men is the dead teenagers father, and the other two are members of his tribe.
Theyre all clad in traditional dress, and among themselves they speak the Berber language Tamazight.
To other Moroccans, like the ones who work at this gated mansion, they speak Arabic.
But its all a setup a facetious, purposefully inflammatory scene in a film full of them.
How oppositionalThe Forgivenmakes this dynamic gives the characters conversations and interactions an unconvincingly truculent quality.
All of it leads to a uniquely trite ending through whichThe Forgivengrasps for profundity but lands on insincerity.
Why am I thinkingshrill?
), but none of this is heavy lifting for either actor.
The local police, paid off by Richard, arent too curious, either.
The film clearly intends for the partiers to be intolerable.
Interesting in a good way or interesting in a bad way?
Jo asks early in the film, andThe Forgivenresponds with a treacly, unearned answer.
