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French Oscar Shortlister ‘Misericordia’ From ‘Stranger by the Lake’ Director Alain Guiraudie Threads Death and Desire in Psychosexual Thriller
Shortlisted for France's International Feature submission, Alain Guirdaudie's "Misericordia" threads death and desire.
After launching out of Cannes, Guiraudie’s latest film “‘ Misericordia ” then hit a fall festival grand slam, playing in Telluride, Toronto and New York before making the shortlist for France’s International Feature. Time will tell whether the newly revamped committee goes with Guiraudie’s psychosexual thriller over Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte’s “The Count of Monte Cristo” or Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light,” but whatever the case, the novelist and filmmaker follows his own metric for success. Recognizing harsh economic conditions while situating them within a kind of queer utopia, the film was both slice of life and piece of cake, and while presaging the themes of desire, Guiraudie would continue to explore once he started on features.
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