The Shrouds (2024)

Directed by

David Cronenberg

Genre

drama film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film, science fiction horror film, suspense film

Country

France, Canada

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 246 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

bleakmelancholicslow-burncerebralunsettlingintimatecontemplativevisceralpersonal

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)

Trailer

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