Misericordia

Misericordia feels like a big metaphysical shrug, sluggish to the point of lethargy.

The cast finesses the material without a misstep as the pent-up townsfolk orbit around cryptic, magnetic Jérémie, played by Félix Kysyl. P

The mysteries that are harbored inside of the characters may be hard to pry out at first. But look again, and you can deduce more about what lies under the surface and then consider what it says about you.

It isn’t entirely satisfying -- there are too many unfulfilled subplots and murky motivations -- but this intriguingly tricky drama has a perverse appeal.

A simmering stewpot of rural melodrama and murder that called to my mind both Patricia Highsmith and the late, great Claude Chabrol, only with a playfully mean queer subtext.

The heavily decorated Misericordia...offers a heady and murky marriage of enigmatic motivations, sexual and otherwise.

A well-baked character-driven story with deadpan humor and intrigue.

...Misericordia...reaffirms [Alain Guiraudie's] filmography, full of freedom and boldness. [Full review in Spanish]

What Alain Guiraudie achieves [with Misericordia] is interesting and strange....The best advice is to watch it without biases. [Full review in Spanish]

The script for Misericordia subtly weaves a web of drama, thriller, and dark humor that at times borders on the absurd. [Full review in Spanish]