Misericordia - Kritiken

...thrilling audiences the old-fashioned way – with ideas rather than actions.

Each new scene in “Misericordia” upends viewers’ expectations, and Guiraudie never lets up long enough for you to wonder if maybe he’s messing with you, too.

The film’s French title translates to “mercy,” a quality bestowed on the characters even in their worst moments.

A deadly object of desire navigates the tense and funny Misericordia.

...a miracle of a movie.

Alain Guiraudie defies neat categorisation with his shapeshifting eighth feature about morality, crime and queer desire.

This has to be one of the strangest films of the year – or the most deadpan of deadpan in-jokes.

Guiraudie seeds Misericordia with needling sexual tension and latent savagery...

...an occasionally confounding mixed bag, but one that stands out for the realistic recriminations of a place where grievances run deep and mercy comes with strings attached.

...är som en Claude Chabrol-thriller, om Chabrol druckit för många glas champagne.

En av årets märkligaste filmer.

Filmen rymmer både en helhet och fantastiska enskildheter, såväl slapstick som ömhet.

...en fascinerande, absurd och på sina ställen väldigt rolig historia om undertryckt sexualitet, mörka impulser, katolsk skuld och köttsliga intriger, med utmärkt foto, drömlika kvaliteter och en rätt unik stil.

En visuellt anspråkslös thriller som brottas med stora samvetsfrågor.