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A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller

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A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller

6 days ago·Washington, United States

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Misericordia review: French cuckoo-in-the-nest thriller simmers with tension and black humour

Some rural noir with a decidedly carnal Gallic flavour is the order of the day from Alain Guiraudie, whose 2013 homoerotic thriller Stranger by the Lake showed us that the French writer-director is a dab hand at provocation.

7 days ago·Ireland

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windycitytimes.com

Alain Guiraudie directs new queer thriller Misericordia

There’s a new French film titled Misericordia screening in the Windy City and the gay writer/director Alain Guiraudie flew into Chicago to talk about his latest work. Misericordia is the French word for “mercy” and the story centers around compassion set in a small town. Jeremie, played by Felix Kysyl, returns to his roots after his former manager passes away and stays at his widow’s house. Things take a dramatic turn in the town and…

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A young man’s homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller

Misericordia is one of the most surprising films our critic's seen this year. It focuses on a man who returns to his small village for a funeral — only to become enmeshed in countless entanglements. The post A young man’s homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.

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Misericordia review – Chabrol would have approved

“People seem to think that the final shot explains everything when the contrary is true,” commented the late French filmmaker Claude Chabrol in a mid-1970s interview. “It’s a question mark.” Writer-director Alain Guiraudie seems to share his countryman’s preference for ambiguous endings. His 2013 festival hit Stranger by the Lake left its protagonist Franck cowering in the dark in the woods with his life at imminent risk, while his latest idiosy…

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Misericordia - Spectrum Culture

Nothing is more fascinating than our desires, and if they are not reciprocated, few things are more annoying to outsiders. That is the central tension to Misericordia, the new shaggy dog thriller from French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie. He imagines several people living an ordinary provincial life, at least until the introduction of a manipulative outsider upends the relationships everyone silently accepts. There is a little of Tom Ripley in Jérém…

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