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MISERICORDIA
MISÉRICORDE

• Director: Alain Guiraudie
• FRANCE, SPAIN, PORTUGAL / 2024 / DCP / Colour / 102’ / French; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Alain Guiraudie
• Director of Photography: Claire Mathon
• Editing: Jean-Christophe Hym
• Music: Marc Verdaguer
• Cast: Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Jacques Develay, David Ayala
• Producer: Charles Gillibert
• Production Co.: CG Cinéma, Scala Films, Rosa Filmes, Andergraun Films, ARTE France Cinéma
• World Sales: Les Films du Losange

2024 France Louis Delluc Prize–Best French Film of the Year

Renowned French director and screenwriter Alain Guiraudie’s latest feature that screened within Cannes Premiere is a captivating comedy-drama set in a picturesque village in Ardèche, France. In Misericordia, of which director Albert Serra is a producer, Jérémie, a man returning to his hometown for a funeral, finds himself entangled in a web of mystery and intrigue. A disappearance, a menacing neighbour, and a priest with enigmatic motives turn his brief visit into an unexpected odyssey. Guiraudie’s previous works, Staying Vertical and Stranger by the Lake, were screened at the Festival in earlier editions. The filmmaker’s exploration of desires, unspoken truths, and the complexities of human nature is a hallmark of his cinematic style. Guiraudie says, ‘I’ve put a lot of my teenage feelings into this film. It’s a way of universalising my personal story.’

*Scenes of violence/sex might disturb some viewers.

* In accordance with Article 7 of the Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, cinema films that have not been reviewed and classified can only be screened in festivals, special screenings and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.