48/39
The film was widely predicted to appear in the official competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, but instead was placed on the Cannes Premiere sidebar
Plot
Returning to Saint-Martial for the funeral of his late boss, Jérémie’s stay with the widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a menacing neighbor, and an abbot with dark intentions.
Misericordia takes its time to shoot, and once it starts shooting, it’s impossible to suppress your laughter until it rises in the final shot
With very subtle humor throughout the film, it tells the story of a taciturn man who visits a village to attend the funeral of his mentor.
What I love about Misericordia is how it shifts its writing abruptly to make the viewer laugh, all in deadpan style
There, he meets his mentor’s wife, his son, and a priest—all of whom seem to be saying something different from what they’re thinking.
(Watched at MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024)
It reminded me of Deerskin (2019) and The Bra (2018).
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