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Misericordia

Play trailer 1:56 Poster for Misericordia Released Mar 21 1h 44m Drama Crime Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 (Félix Kysyl), 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 (Catherine Frot) and venomously angry son (Jean-Baptiste Durand), while making an increasingly surprising--and ultimately beneficial--friendship with an oddly cheerful local priest (Jacques Develay). 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.
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Navigating a diabolical story with fleet-footed tonal mastery, Misericorida is another superb foray into the dangers of desire from writer-director Alain Guiraudie.

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Jake Wilson Sydney Morning Herald However high the stakes, the tone remains strangely equable – as in Alfred Hitchcock’s blackly comic The Trouble With Harry, another autumn movie, where vitality and morbidity are so interwoven it’s impossible to tell them apart. Rated: 4/5 May 19, 2025 Full Review Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle Misericordia feels like a big metaphysical shrug, sluggish to the point of lethargy. Rated: 2.5/5 Apr 10, 2025 Full Review Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune The cast finesses the material without a misstep as the pent-up townsfolk orbit around cryptic, magnetic Jérémie, played by Félix Kysyl. P Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 8, 2025 Full Review Dionar Hidalgo Algo Más Que Cine Misericordia is made to disturb, not comfort. Guiraudie builds a bizarre yet hypnotic world where desire slips between the absurd, the erotic, and the philosophical. Hard to label, harder to forget. Rated: 7/10 Jul 17, 2025 Full Review Marlon Wallace The M Report (WBOC.com) Taking over someone else's life or inhabiting another person's space makes this film echo plot and themes in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999). Jérémie might in fact be a French version of Tom Ripley. Jul 12, 2025 Full Review Maxance Vincent Awards Radar Knowing more than most supporting characters do gives Misericordia an intriguing sense of tension. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 11, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Melissa A wild film that looks conventional from the outside but the deeper it goes into the lives of the people at the center, the more disturbing revelations surface. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/05/25 Full Review Helen H Really interesting story line, not quite sure of the end, it reminded me of Saltburn but not quite a evil. Funny in spots and seriously French, but defininately worth your time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/17/25 Full Review Alec B A sexual farce murder mystery thriller comedy. You can't help but get sucked into the unpredictable quality of the narrative as you aren't sure what will happen next. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/25 Full Review Jesse R I created an RT account specifically to leave this a bad review. Horrible movie. Pointless, aimless. Not a comedy, not a thriller. Not anything. Why was this created? Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/06/25 Full Review German Dario R Great black dramedia Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/03/25 Full Review Loop L This is a badly acted film particularly poor performances by the poor women actors whose roles are totally underwritten, and stereotypical. The guys are not much more interesting. It's contrived stuff, and who cares about any of these characters? The plot is totally predictable. So it's not morally compliant? Big deal. That's nothing new. See hundreds of groundbreaking films of the 70s. For a similar film but that actually shows genius, watch Theorem by Pasolini. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/20/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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 (Félix Kysyl), 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 (Catherine Frot) and venomously angry son (Jean-Baptiste Durand), while making an increasingly surprising--and ultimately beneficial--friendship with an oddly cheerful local priest (Jacques Develay). 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.
Director
Alain Guiraudie
Producer
Charles Gillibert
Screenwriter
Alain Guiraudie
Distributor
Sideshow / Janus Films
Production Co
CG Cinéma
Genre
Drama, Crime
Original Language
French
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 10, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA)
$181.5K
Runtime
1h 44m
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