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2013
Only God Forgives is a 2013 action-thriller film written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and stars Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas and Vithaya Pansringarm. It was shot on location in Bangkok, Thailand, and as with the director's earlier film Drive, it was dedicated to Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky. The surreal and neo-noir film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
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Having watched 'My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn', I decided to give 2013's 'Only God Forgives' a chance to impress having managed to get a closer look into the film's production and general meaning. 'Only God Forgives' is based on Refn's own feelings towards God, a higher power, his own war that's destined to be lost, but still fought. It's an interesting concept that takes a protagonist and shows us their…More
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In 2013, Nicolas Winding Refn "Only God forgives," came out and immediately faced negative feedback from the audience and a number of "serious film critics." The drawbacks of the tape were touched again and again, and in general terms they were limited to the simple fact that the director had put all his time and energy into exposing his concept to the fore, creating a seemingly unusual narrative that visibly does n…More
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