Misericordia
15
Today – Thu 10 Apr
“Queer desire circulates among the various characters...These feelings of sexual yearning, which in some cases transgress taboos and social conventions, are repressed or displaced or even aggressively resisted. Moral and philosophical issues are raised around notions of crime and punishment.”
Little White Lies
“Best Film of the Year”
Cahiers du Cinéma
“There's something Hitchcockian in the water: in the sustained tension of the extended sequence that patiently tracks the before, during and after of the plot's central murder, further implicating us at each stage; but also in Guiraudie's eye for mordant humour. With its consistent attention to contingent absurdities, the film could be classed as a comedy. Mercy it turns out, is a messy business.”
Ben Walters, Sight & Sound
