The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou

Released Apr 7, 2023

1h 32m

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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100%

Tomatometer

10 Reviews

62%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

When Jacky's grandmother, a renowned healer, suddenly passes away and a particularly compelling young woman with a mysterious rash arrives on his doorstep, he has no choice but to stay and try to help. As her condition worsens, it becomes clear that she's afflicted with no ordinary illness. She's transforming into something dangerous before his eyes, but he’s already in too deep to abandon her.

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

The way it mixes religion and folklore is fascinating.

Rated: 9/10

Apr 27, 2023

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Crockett Houghton

Film Inquiry

One of the best movies of the year, Jacky Caillou is a once-in-a-generation type of movie.

Apr 22, 2023

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Federico Furzan

Movie-Blogger.com

This is one of those cases in which a premise is in a natural course for something opposite than what a director decides to do, and things work out for the best.

Rated: 3.2/5

Apr 18, 2023

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

...applying a visually poetic tilt to folk-horrorish terrain...

Apr 18, 2023

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Anton Bitel

Signal Horizon

Contemplative and enigmatic, The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou is a mannered rite of passage, retuning familiar horror tropes to its own doleful harmonies and pulse, as a young man loses love and finds his calling.

Apr 14, 2023

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

It is something of a strange case of its own, taking what turns out to be a familiar horror genre and making it something that definitely has supernatural elements and jeopardy, but isn’t really horror.

Rated: B-

Apr 10, 2023

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Jennifer S

Slow moving but with a dreamy ambiance. Fantasy genre (almost but not quite horror). I really liked it and will watch for future films by this director.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/15/23

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Lucas Delangle

Director

Thomas Parigi

Jacky Caillou

Edwige Blondiau

Gisèle Caillou

Lou Lampros

Elsa

Jean-Louis Coulloc'h

Hervé

Romain Laguna

Mathieu

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Synopsis

When Jacky's grandmother, a renowned healer, suddenly passes away and a particularly compelling young woman with a mysterious rash arrives on his doorstep, he has no choice but to stay and try to help. As her condition worsens, it becomes clear that she's afflicted with no ordinary illness. She's transforming into something dangerous before his eyes, but he’s already in too deep to abandon her.

Director: Lucas Delangle
Screenwriter: Lucas Delangle, Olivier Strauss
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: Les Films du Clan, Micro Climat Studios
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 11, 2023
Runtime: 1h 32m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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