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Desire and misbehavior are off the leash in ‘Misericordia'

Desire and misbehavior are off the leash in ‘Misericordia'

Washington Post11-04-2025
Watching an Alain Guiraudie film is a reminder of how sunny most movies are, even the ones we're supposed to take seriously. The French writer-director makes transgressive dramas that double as the bleakest of black comedies, where friendships between men veer from social to sexual to antagonistic and back, and where the morality of a country village can be a thin veneer over the darkest deeds of the heart.
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