Misericordia

Some confessions come with a body count.

France, Portugal, Spain | Alain Guiraudie | Français | 102 minutes

“A fantastically tender, alluring, and peculiar small-town tale of murder, desire, and repression.” (RogerEbert.com)

The teasingly entwined ambiguities of love and death continue to fascinate Alain Guiraudie (STRANGER BY THE LAKE), who returns with a sharp, sinister, yet slyly funny thriller. Set in an autumnal, woodsy village in his native region of Occitanie, his latest follows the meandering exploits of Jérémie, an out-of-work baker who has drifted back to his hometown after the death of his beloved former boss, a bakery owner. Staying long after the funeral, the seemingly benign Jérémie begins to casually insinuate himself into his mentor’s family, including his kind-hearted widow and venomously angry son, while making an increasingly surprising—and ultimately beneficial—friendship with an oddly cheerful local priest.

In Guiraudie’s quietly carnal world, violence and eroticism explode with little anticipation, and criminal behavior can seem like a natural extension of physical desire. The French director is at the top of his game in MISERICORDIA, again upending all genre expectations.With Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Jacques Develay.

MISERICORDIA 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.

Saturday, April 12
Doors 7:30 pm | Movie 8:00 pm

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