Misericordia (15)

★★★★ This French cuckoo-in-the-nest thriller simmers with tension and black humour. ~ Irish Independent.

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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 neighbour and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie’s short stay in the village take an unexpected turn.

Alain Guiraudie is one of the most unique and transgressive voices in cinema, and this mixture of black comedy and melodrama, steeped in dark desires, again reveals his penchant for genre-hopping and narrative unpredictability.

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★★★★ A young man’s village homecoming arouses enigmatic passions in this intriguing mystery from the director of Stranger By the Lake. ~ The Observer.

★★★★ We know whodunit in this Hitchcockian murder-comedy. But what’s everyone else up to? This heavily decorated French film offers a heady and murky marriage of enigmatic motivations, sexual and otherwise. ~ The Irish Times.

★★★★ This fable-like film lives up to its title by displaying compassion towards its leftfield characters. ~ Little White Lies.