Misericordia (2024)

Original title

Miséricorde

Directed by

Alain Guiraudie

Genre

crime film, comedy drama

Country

France, Portugal, Spain

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 174 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his small hometown after years away. He gets tangled up with old friends and local secrets, and events take a dark turn.

morally complexdeadpantenseunsettlingbleakly funnyslow-burncerebralclaustrophobic

What happens

Misericordia (French: Miséricorde) is a 2024 black comedy thriller film written and directed by Alain Guiraudie, partially adapted from his 2021 novel Rabalaïre. It stars Félix Kysyl and Catherine Frot. The film premiered in the Cannes Premiere section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2024, where it competed for the Queer Palm. It was theatrically released in France on 16 October 2024, by Les Films du Losange. The film received the Louis Delluc Prize for 2024. It received eight nominations at the 50th César Awards, including Best Film, but won none. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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