French writer Alain Guiraudie examines the consequences of mercy in its new noir, ”Mistricordia. “The title, which literally translates to” Mercy “, includes” Stranger by the Lake “film leader’s interrogation during a thriller set in the pastoral countryside.
Félix Kysyl Stars like Jérémie, a man who returns to his hometown for the funeral of his beloved former manager, The Village Baker, and decides to stay for a few days with his man’s widow, Martine (Catherine Frot). But after a threatening rival appears, which leads to another mysterious disappearance, it seems that Jérémie’s visit has discovered society.
The Official synopsis Reads: “Set in an autumnal, Woodsy village in its original region of Occitanie, his latest follows the winding exploits of Jérémie (Kysyl), a Baker outside work that has driven back to his hometown after the death of his beloved former manager, a bakery owner. When he stops long after the funeral, the seemingly benign Jérémie temporarily begins to insinuate himself in his mentor’s family, including his kind-hearted widow (frot) and poisonously angry son (Jean-Baptiste Durand), while making an increasingly surprising and finally advantageously advantageously advantageously With a strangely happy room room (Jacques), while making an increasingly surprising and finally advantageous friendship with a strangely happy room (Jacques), while making an increasingly surprising and ultimately favorable friendship with a strangely smooth room (Jacques), while he makes an increasingly surprising and in the end (Jacques), while making an increasingly surprising and ultimately favorable friendship with a strangely happy room (Jacker).
Indieviewer’s film Ryan Lattanzio editor is considered The function A “twisted and weakly funny movie (that is) not miss.”
Guiraudie told indifire At the Cannes Film Festival premiere, “Misericordia” is based on “Teenage Fantasies.”
“At the age of 60 – yes, I’m not really 60, but almost – I would like to say that this movie was in a kind of way on the strength of what I would call teenage fantasies,” said Guiraudie. “Well, the idea of falling in love with your mother to one’s best friend or father to one’s best friend. You have this whole picture of desire and eroticism that it is linked to religion as based on childhood or teenage. ”
Later he continued in a press release, “here, even more than in my other films, I have worked hard to grow the mystery. I have tried to get viewers to ask questions and participate in the story. It is the best way to avoid boredom and transcribing desire, which for me is the great mystery of life. You realize pretty quickly that the hero stays here because he wants someone. Although it all changes. He himself is the subject of desire. And I am also very interested in the confusion that this stranger and his unclear intent can give. I like the fact that we don’t know who the villain is, and we don’t really know what side we are on. (…) I also want to surprise myself to renew myself. Maybe it was also time for the desire not to end in sex. I don’t know if anyone has said this before, but it seems to me that people used to film fights to avoid filming sex. In a way, I go in the opposite direction. In any case, here the wish is not clear either, I am not looking for resolutions, there is also a protagonist who imagines things, and so the viewers, just like I have (and still do). ”
Guiraudie added that Ingmar Bergman was the biggest cinematic inspiration for Guiraudie, as opposed to Hitchcock or other noir bars.
“If I had to name a filmmaker, strangely enough, was the one who hung over this movie Bergman. It doesn’t have much to do with film noir, but Bergman shows great mercy, a way to love people no matter what, after all, ”said Guiraudie. “His films are at once very controlled, very calm and pushed through with a real darkness. And by the way, have I really made a movie Noir? Misericordia does not seem to fit into that tradition. I was more interested in mixing genres. And in essence, I think this movie is more guilty Euripides than to Fritz Lang. ”
Guiraudie’s previous films have all been festival favorites: “Stranger by the lake” won queer palm from the UN some consideration in 2013, while “Staying vertical” competed for Palme d’Or 2016. His latest function, “None Hero”, premiered in Berlin. “Misericordia” was nominated for seven Cesar Awards, including best film and best director.
Guiraudie will go on an American national theater tour to promote the release of “Misericordia”, starting in DC March 18 and continues to DC March 19, New York 20 and 21 March, LA 22 and 23 March 24 and Chicago 25 and 26 March.
“Misericordia” premieres March 21 in theaters from Sideshow and Janus. Check out the teaser, an indifire exclusive, below.
