Misericordia

2024 [FRENCH]

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 94% · 108 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 64% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 3787 3.8K

funeral widow confession paranoia village dark comedy

Director

Alain Guiraudie Photo
Alain Guiraudie

Top cast

Félix Kysyl Photo
Félix Kysyl as Jérémie Pastor
Elio Lunetta Photo
Elio Lunetta as Kilian Rigal
Tatiana Spivakova Photo
Tatiana Spivakova as Annie
Sandra Marinho De Oliveira Photo
Sandra Marinho De Oliveira as Petit rôle
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952.62 MB
1280*536
French 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 10
1.91 GB
1920*804
French 5.1
NR
us  
24 fps
1 hr 43 min
Seeds 42

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by norbert-plan-618-715813 6 / 10

An unpredictable, visually striking drama exploring complex relationships, absurdity, and homoeroticism-without full character empathy

The film's qualities are manifold. A script whose progression we never guess at, which keeps the viewer curious, imagining certain developments, some of which never come to pass. Subtle acting direction. Photography and sets that accentuate the drama. The absence of music, which lends permanent weight to all the images. The documentary element on mushrooms. Themes centered on the relationship between the characters: girlfriend, unrequited love, parent-child relationship, homoeroticism, but also humor bordering on parody and the ridiculous.We understand that Guiraudie must admire Pier Paolo Pasolini's Théorème (1967), not for the universe, the bourgeoisie and the abstraction, but for the homoerotic possibilities. That said, we're not bored with Miséricorde.Flaws: no empathy for the characters. We follow their evolution through the dramatic arc, but we're not concerned by what happens to them. The parish priest's dialogues at the end take the film away from naturalism and into the realm of the ridiculous or even Z-series, unless it's deliberate humor. But in the end, this is what makes the film so interesting: its constant navigation on the edge of the abyss of indecision and even ridicule, without falling into it.
Reviewed by mwnhqw 8 / 10

Desire and Mercy

Reviewed by nairtejas 7 / 10

Mild (MAMI MFF 2024 #10)

Misericordia takes its time to shoot and when it starts shooting, there is no way you can contain your laughter till it crescendoes in the final shot. With very mild humour peppered across the film, it narrates the story of a taciturn man who visits a village to attend a mentor's funeral. There he meets his mentor's wife, his son, and a priest - who all seem to be saying something else from what they have in mind. What I love about Misericordia is how suddenly it shifts its writing to make the viewer laugh, all in a deadpan style. Reminded me of Deerskin (2019) and The Bra (2018).(Watched at the 2024 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.)
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