Official US Trailer + Poster for Sly Thriller ‘Misericordia’ from France
by Alex Billington
February 22, 2025
Supply: YouTube
“Surprisingly hilarious but unsurprisingly sexy.” Janus Movies has revealed an official US trailer and a brand new poster for the acclaimed French indie movie titled Misericordia, which first premiered on the 2024 Cannes Movie Pageant final 12 months. This thriller from French director Alain Guiraudie (additionally of Unusual by the Lake) additionally performed on the Telluride, Toronto, New York, London, and Busan Movie Festivals final 12 months. Within the movie, Jérémie returns to his hometown for an previous baker buddy’s funeral, staying even longer after. On this village the place a lot goes unsaid, he should deal with rumours and suspicion, till he commits an irreparable act and finds himself on the heart of a police investigation. Starring Félix Kysyl as Jérémie, with Catherine Frot, Jacques Develay, Jean-Baptiste Durand, and David Ayala. In Alain Guiraudie’s quietly carnal world, violence & eroticism explode with little anticipation, and felony conduct looks as if a pure extension of bodily need. They add: “the French director is on the prime of his sport in Misericordia, once more upending all style expectations.” The movie has earned rave evaluations from many critics throughout its competition run, with many quotes seen on this trailer together with calling it a “sickly humorous thriller.” Opens in restricted theaters this March.
This is the official US trailer (+ poster) for Alain Guiraudie’s movie Misericordia, direct from YouTube:
The teasingly entwined ambiguities of affection and dying proceed to fascinate Alain Guiraudie, who returns with a pointy, sinister, but slyly humorous thriller. Set in an autumnal, woodsy village in his native area of Occitanie, his newest follows the meandering exploits of Jérémie (Félix Kysyl), an out-of-work baker who has drifted again to his hometown after the dying of his beloved former boss, a bakery proprietor. Staying lengthy after the funeral, the seemingly benign Jérémie begins to insinuate himself into his mentor’s household, his kind-hearted widow (Catherine Frot) & venomously indignant son (Jean-Baptiste Durand), whereas making an more and more stunning—and in the end helpful—friendship with an oddly cheerful native priest (Jacques Develay). Misericordia, also referred to as Miséricorde in French, is written and directed by acclaimed French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie, director of the movies Sunshine for the Poor, That Previous Dream That Strikes, No Relaxation for the Courageous, Time Has Come, The King of Escape, Stranger by the Lake, Staying Vertical, No one’s Hero beforehand, and different brief movies. Produced by Charles Gillibert. This initially premiered on the 2024 Cannes Movie Pageant final 12 months within the Cannes Première part. The already opened in France final fall. Janus Movies debuts Guiraudie’s Misericordia movie in choose US theaters on March twenty first, 2025. Go to the movie’s website.
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