Misericordia
From Fri 28 Mar to Wed 23 AprWatch Alain Guiraudie’s much anticipated film Misericordia, winner of the Prix Louis-Delluc, and hailed as the ‘Best Film of the Year” by Les Cahiers du cinéma.
Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) is one of the most unique and transgressive voices in French cinema today. A mixture of black comedy and melodrama, Misericordia reveals his penchant for genre-hopping and narrative unpredictability.
Jérémie, in his 30s, returns to his native town for the funeral of his former boss and village baker when a mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbour and a priest with strange intentions add an unexpected twist to his stay.
Misericordia “stands with works by Buñuel and Renoir as the most effortlessly subversive film in the history of cinema.” (Miguel Gomes)
