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Misericordia

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Directed by Alain Guiraudie
Produced by Charles Gillibert
Written by Alain Guiraudie
With: Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Jacques Develay, David Ayala, Tatiana Spivakova, Sébastien Faglain, Serge Richard, Elio Lunetta, and Salomé Lopes
Cinematography: Claire Mathon
Editing: Jean-Christophe Hym
Music: Marc Verdaguer
Runtime: 104 min
Release Date: 16 October 2024
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color

The latest from Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) is the French sensualist’s least erotic picture by intention, though we still get to see a lot of men in various states of undress. This time out, Guiraudie has set upon turning the quaint-village-comedy sub-genre inside out with a story of lust, distrust, and murder that we don't realize is a comedy until well past the halfway mark. 

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