The Forgiveness of Blood (Albanian: Falja e Gjakut) is a 2011 drama film co-written and directed by Joshua Marston.

[4] The film deals with the consequences of a blood feud on a family in a remote area of modern-day Albania.

[2][5][6] After their father and uncle are suspected of murdering a neighbor because of a land dispute, the lives of the children are changed.

Nik, the teenage son, is confined to the house, while Rudina, the oldest girl, is forced to quit high school and take over the family's bread delivery business.

The film contrasts the modernization of rural Albania, where the teenagers text each other and Nik dreams of opening an internet cafe, with centuries-old customs.