The Shrouds (2024)
- Directed by
- David Cronenberg
- Genre
- drama film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film, body horror film, science fiction horror film
- Country
- France, Canada
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 246 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man invents a device that lets him watch his dead wife's body decompose in her grave. This technology draws in other people with their own losses and secrets. The story explores grief and the compulsion to keep looking at what is gone.
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What happens
The Shrouds (French: Les Linceuls) is a 2024 body horror drama film written and directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Diane Kruger, Vincent Cassel, Guy Pearce, and Sandrine Holt. The film is a co-production between Canada and France. Cronenberg has said that the film was made in response to the death of his wife of 43 years, Carolyn Zeifman, from cancer. The Shrouds had its world premiere in the Main Competition section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2024. The film was released theatrically in France by Pyramide Distribution on April 30, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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