Penitentia (2023)
What's the true cost of doing nothing?
99 min
Alejandro 'Ale' Villacaño is a young associate lawyer who has landed a job at a prestigious law firm. Even though he was top of his class, he is also a former convict and an acquitted felon, which makes him an unlikely pick for this firm. Intent on forgetting his past and forging a new identity, he dedicates himself to being the top associate at the firm. He is reluctant to take on a pro bono case to help an old friend, but ultimately does so at the prodding of his mentor. For Ale, it's filing a few grievances against the local prison and then back to his new life. But for his client, it’s a matter of life and death. No matter how much Ale tries to resist, the pull to do the right thing, to fight the good fight is too strong. Ensnared now in a case rife with corruption, corporate negligence, and abuse of power, Ale must decide what kind of lawyer he is really meant to be.
- Release date
- October 6, 2023
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Rusty Schwimmer as Shelly Wolf
- Chris Bylsma as Ronnie
- Robert Lewis Stephenson as Tom Keefe
- Glenn Stanton as Ale Villacano
- Michael W. Schwartz as Marvin Weissman
- Carmen Roman as Maria Villacano
- Natasha Coppola-Shalom as Shareen Robinson
- Nigel Vonas as Huck
- John Mossman as Eddie Hill
- Chandra Michaels as Margaret Keefe
Crew
- Chris Lawing · Director
- Chris Lawing · Writer
- Charles L. Barnes · Producer
- Rik Cannon · Producer
- Natasha Coppola-Shalom · Producer
- Chris Lawing · Producer
- Pierce Constanti · Composer
- Pano Fountas · Composer
- Adrian Khoury · Composer
- George Hutson Warren · Composer
- Chris Lawing · Cinematographer
- Chris Lawing · Editor
- Natasha Coppola-Shalom · Casting director
- Lisa Loew · Production designer