France/2024—directed by Alain Guiraudie | 104 min.

Jérémie (Félix Kysyl), an out-of-work baker, returns to his hometown following the death of his former boss. What begins as a simple visit takes an unexpected turn as Jérémie lingers well beyond the funeral, ingratiating himself with his late mentor’s kind widow and her hot-headed son, while forging an unlikely friendship with the eccentric local priest. 

But nothing is quite as it seems in this slyly funny and deeply unsettling thriller. Director Alain Guiraudie crafts a quietly seductive world where humor and tension collide, and human desires lead to startling twists. In French with English subtitles.

“Abetted by a brilliantly cast set of oddballs, Misericordia is a weird, darkly comic fable of desire.”–Jessica Kiang, Variety