Misericordia

French provocateur Alain Guiraudie's rural homecoming story mixing passion, crime, mushrooms and bedroom farce to dizzily involving effect.

Alain Guiraudie’s films, including Stranger by the Lake, may be wildly diverse, but always show his flair for witty provocation and a fascination with the untamable nature of desire. Here, a young loner returns to his village, triggering a chain of intrigue involving a jealous son, intrusive cops and a priest with a very unorthodox take on guilt and transgression.