Misericordia
Directed by Alain Guiraudie
2024Feature102 minFrance14A
A young man returns to his village for his old boss's funeral and stays on with the widow, until a disappearance, a menacing neighbour and a strange priest turn his visit upside down.
Synopsis
Jérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss, the village baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man’s widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie’s short stay in the village take an unexpected turn…
The director
Alain Guiraudie
Alain Guiraudie is a French writer-director known for sensual, offbeat films set in rural France. Stranger by the Lake (2013) won him the Best Director prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
On screens
Already played at 41 cinemas in Calgary, Toronto, Sudbury, Vancouver, Edmonton, Montréal, Windsor, Victoria, St. Catharines, Quebec City, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Sherbrooke, Charlottetown and more.
