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Penance

Play trailer Poster for Penance 2008,  1h 25m,  Horror/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 67% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 17% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 17% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A young mother becomes a stripper and her worst nightmares come true.

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Nicolas Rapold New York Times Nov 13, 2014
A fathomless echo chamber in which spiritual confusion and aggression keep turning into each other, and penance comes to sound like a very dark joke. Go to Full Review
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club Nov 13, 2014
B
In many ways, Penance plays like an object lesson in how a graceful sense of spacing and staging within the frame can overcome technical restrictions. Go to Full Review
Simon Abrams Village Voice Nov 11, 2014
Effectively unnerving on a scene-for-scene basis thanks to writer/director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's preference for ambience over character-driven drama. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 12, 2025
1/5
While the core concept is unique, it was executed much better in the French Martyrs, released a year earlier, making this film not only feel derivative but also an incredibly pale imitation. Go to Full Review
Oliver Lyttelton The Playlist Nov 13, 2014
B-
"Penance" is a fascinating, expansive piece of work, albeit one that struggles to escape its TV origins on the big screen, and that can't quite stick the landing. Go to Full Review
Mike D'Angelo The Dissolve Nov 12, 2014
2/5
Consumed in one gigantic, four-and-a-half-hour gulp, it becomes painfully repetitive and monotonous. Go to Full Review
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Jake Kennedy

Director

Marieh Delfino

Amelia

Graham McTavish

Geeves

Alice Amter

Eve

Jason Connery

John

Valorie Hubbard

Kathy

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young mother becomes a stripper and her worst nightmares come true.
Director
Jake Kennedy
Producer
William Clevinger, Micah Goldman, Jake Kennedy
Screenwriter
Jake Kennedy
Production Co
Clever Worm Entertainment
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m
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