La Contemplation du mystère (2021)

Directed by

Albéric Aurtenèche

Genre

thriller film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 41m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his Quebec hometown for a ritual honoring his father who died in a hunting accident. He uses psychedelic drugs to search for meaning in the loss.

introspectivecontemplativeslow-burnmoodypsychedelicsombermysteriousatmospheric

What happens

La Contemplation du mystère is a Canadian drama film, directed by Albéric Aurtenèche and released in 2021. The film stars Emmanuel Schwartz as Éloi, a man who is returning to his small hometown in Quebec to partake in a group ritual commemorating his father's death in a hunting accident a year earlier, only to end up using psychedelic drugs such as DMT and ayahuasca in his quest to understand the event's meaning in his life. The film's cast also includes Gilles Renaud, Martin Dubreuil, François Papineau and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse. Production on the film started in October 2019. The film was originally slated to premiere at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma, but was cancelled when the festival shifted from in-person to online screening due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, and instead premiered at the 2021 festival on October 15, 2021. It opened commercially on October 22. The film was a nominee for the DGC Discovery Award at the 2020 Directors Guild of Canada awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• A Deadly Place (2020)
• The Return (2020)
• Without Her (2005)
• Deadly Mom Retreat (2021)
• Like a House on Fire (2021)
• Woodland Grey (2021)
• Drunken Birds (2021)
• Hunter Hunter (2020)