Director: Alain Guiraudie
A funeral in a quiet French village turns into something far stranger in Misericordia, Alain Guiraudie's unsettling 2024 blend of rural drama and dark comedy.
What is Misericordia about?
Jérémie comes home for the burial of an old friend, expecting little more than a few awkward days among people who barely remember him. Instead he finds a village where silence carries more weight than speech, and where his presence stirs old jealousies and new suspicions among the friend's widow, a hostile local, and a priest who seems to notice everything. A single reckless decision pulls Jérémie into the middle of a police inquiry, and the film follows how a small community closes ranks, protects its own version of events, and lets uncomfortable truths stay buried in the surrounding forest. Guiraudie keeps the tone slippery throughout, sliding between tension and absurdist humor so that danger and comedy sit in the same scene.
Cast & crew
Félix Kysyl anchors the film as Jérémie, playing him with a guardedness that never quite explains itself, which is exactly the point. Catherine Frot brings warmth and ambiguity to the grieving widow, while Jean-Baptiste Durand and Jacques Develay round out a village ensemble whose small gestures carry outsized meaning.
Context & significance
Misericordia arrived in 2024 as one of Guiraudie's most acclaimed films internationally, building on his reputation for stories that mix rural isolation, buried desire, and moral unease. Shot in the Aveyron countryside of France, with production support from Portugal and Spain, the film uses its remote setting as more than scenery; the forest, the empty roads, and the tight-knit village all become part of how the story keeps its secrets. The mix of comedy and dread is deliberate, a hallmark of the director's earlier work translated into a tighter, more suspenseful frame.
Where & how to watch
Misericordia is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, presented with a Farsi-friendly interface and Persian subtitles and dub for viewers who prefer to follow the story in Persian. The page itself is free to browse without signing in.