Calvaire (2004)

Directed by

Fabrice Du Welz

Genre

drama film, horror film, LGBTQ-related film, psychological horror fiction

Country

France, Belgium, Luxembourg

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 366 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A traveling singer's van breaks down in a remote mountain area before Christmas. He stays with an innkeeper who is emotionally unstable after his wife left him.

unsettlingisolatedtensebleakeerieclaustrophobicslow-burndisturbing

What happens

Calvaire (lit. Calvary, also known as The Ordeal) is a 2004 psychological horror film directed and co-written by Fabrice Du Welz, in his feature directorial debut, starring Laurent Lucas, Philippe Nahon and Jackie Berroyer. Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) is a young traveling singer. After a concert at a nursing home a few days before Christmas, Marc begins traveling to his next destination. Marc's van breaks down in a deserted mountain region where he is taken in by Mr. Bartel (Jackie Berroyer), an innkeeper who is psychologically fragile due to his wife Gloria leaving him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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