11th edition CIFF – 9-13 April 2025

FILMS 2025: Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees

FILMS 2024:  Caribbean Focus | Feature Films | Short Films | Yellow Robin Award Nominees
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FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
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Miséricorde

France, Spain | 2024 | French| 102 min. | e.s.

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A young man, Jérémie (Félix Kysyl), returns to his sleepy hometown of Saint Martial for the funeral of a local baker for whom he once worked. He meets Vincent (Jean-Baptiste Durand), who is not particularly thrilled about Jérémie’s unexpected return, especially when his widowed mother (Catherine Frot) invites Jérémie to stay with her. It soon becomes clear that the former childhood friends share a past that Vincent would rather not revisit. A fight between the two ends with Vincent’s murder in a nearby forest.

The church, represented by Father Grisolles (Jacques Develay), and the government, represented by two ineffectual gendarmes, add to this parade of slippery and elusive characters.

Director Alain Guiraudie has crafted a cleverly structured thriller with a darkly comedic undertone, where repressed desires simmer beneath the surface, adding layers of intrigue and complexity. The male protagonists present themselves as heterosexual, while an undercurrent of homoerotic tension is unmistakably present.

Place: The Cinemas 

Date: April 10

Time: 22:00

Duration:102 min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 11

Time: 18:15

Duration:102 min

Place: The Cinemas

Date: April 12

Time: 12:45

Duration:102 min

Year in
Festival

2025

Director

Alain Guiraudie

Country

France, Spain

Language

French

Length

102

Year of Production

2024