Forgive Us Our Trespasses

A very good short film that can make the audience empathize with the main character in 13 minutes.

I hope Netflix shows the success it has shown in festivals in the field of short films as well.

Soooo, when I started watching I thought this was a full length movie. When the credits rolled at 14 minutes I was like...wait a minute...LOL! I was just getting into it. Regardless, I was moved by this short and the poignant depiction of the fear, insanity, and brutality of Nazis. The beliefs and propaganda that eclipse so many, even the most vulnerable.

During or even before the second world war, the Nazi regime targeted people it deemed lesser. With Aryans allegedly and supposedly being superior to others (be it religious beliefs, skin color or simply race). One group that gets almost forgotten, are the physically disabled. Like the protagonist in this short movie.

A short movie that is very well done and that shows how cruel and mad people got back then. Tension filled and really tight, I would not be surprised if this wins (or has won by the time you read this) awards. Short and while maybe not so sweet (subject matter), this checks all the "right" boxes. Nothing to forgive here ...

Flicking through Netflix can produce mixed results, now and then you stumble across a gem, something that's a little bit different, but rewarding.

Forgive us our trespasses is very unusual, a short on Netflix, and not a film with a conventional beginning, middle and end, but just a snapshot of the life of one young boy, during the rise of The Nazis.

Beautifully presented, well acted, but an insightful look at how life was for people living with disabilities during that horrific time.

Thought provoking. 9/10.

Well. As important as the topic of the Nazi genocide against people w disabilities is - you make a movie, do some research. The uniforms are wrong. The whole setup is wrong (SS does not come with tanks and for sure not within Germany). They come with a car, they would come to the school rather maybe, they will be pseudo-nice and "take the kid to an appointment at a clinic" etc - they would then later kill the kids at other facilities. I understand that this is fictionalized but it does not serve the topic to show the sinister and cold actions of the SS and the Nazis by showing them as if they were unorganized brutal idiots. We have to understand that they had smart and devious ways. Well. Just watch man in the high castle, gives you more insight into the psychology of evil.