Rent Misericordia (2024)
3.4 of 5 from 78 ratings
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
- Alain Guiraudie (director of 'Stranger by the Lake') is one of the most unique and transgressive voices in cinema, and this deepest France mixture of black comedy and melodrama, steeped in desires, again reveals his penchant for genre-hopping and narrative unpredictability. Jeremie (Felix Kysyl) returns to his home village for a funeral, and stays on, amorally playing with the attraction he generates from both his old male friends, the village priest, and his mentor's wife. Then events start to spiral.
- Actors:
- Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Serge Richard, Jacques Develay, David Ayala, Tatiana Spivakova, Elio Lunetta, Sébastien Faglain, Salomé Lopes, Luis Serrat, Sandra Marinho De Oliveira
- Directors:
- Alain Guiraudie
- Producers:
- Charles Gillibert
- Writers:
- Alain Guiraudie
- Aka:
- Miséricorde
- Studio:
- New Wave Films
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Lesbian & Gay
- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/07/2025
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of Misericordia
Confession, Cover, and Small-Town Static - Misericordia review by griggs
A funeral in a small village should be straightforward. Apparently nobody told Misericordia. It starts with a familiar mystery shape, then actually commits to it — brisk, nosy, and alert to the tiny tells: who stares too long, who lies by omission, who performs grief like it’s a role.
Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) comes back to Saint-Martial after roughly ten years away for the funeral of Jean-Pierre, the baker who once mentored him. Martine (Catherine Frot) offers him Vincent’s old room — generous, but instantly tense. Vincent (Jean-Baptiste Durand) bristles, flings accusations, and the village starts humming with rumour.
The priest (Jacques Develay) turns religion into negotiation: confession, cover, and strings attached. Best trick is how it can pivot from real unease to bedroom-farce energy without snapping the mood — even if a couple of motives stay a bit foggy. Still, it’s an enjoyably sly little pressure cooker.
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