True to its name, “Violation” is about an unforgivable transgression. Written, produced, and directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, their feature debut follows Miriam (Sims-Fewer) on at least two (maybe more) trips to the woods. In one, she ends up venting about her marital problems to her sister’s husband, Dylan (Jesse LaVercombe) and after a drunk kiss the night before, she wakes up to find him raping her by the smoldering campfire in the early morning hours. Sometime later, as the blue-green leaves give way to red autumn ones, she invites him back to a cabin for what he believes to be a passionate rendezvous, but this is not a romantic romp like the warm afternoon light suggests. It’s Miriam’s chance for revenge, and she’s going to take it.

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