“Not even the angels can save us from ourselves.”
God Forgive Us is the dramatic collision of four strangers struggling through drug addiction, existential suicide, terminal illness and death. Portraying various aspects of life and Western society, God Forgive Us chronicles the utter hopelessness that all humans experience regardless of class or social status.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$95,000

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn how to use the internet – he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could be his chance at redemption.

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.