Sideshow & Janus Films Set Five U.S. Cities Tour For Alain Guiraudie’s ‘Misericordia’
deadline.comSideshow and Janus Films have unveiled a five U.S. cities tour for Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia later this month. After opening the film at the IFC Center and Film at Lincoln Center in New York and the Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles on March 21, the film head to Boston, Chicago and more cities on March 28 and San Francisco on April 4.
Misericordia premiered at the Cannes Premiere section in 2024, and has since screened at Telluride, Toronto, New York and AFI.
The film was nominated for eight César Awards and was one of three films considered for the French Oscar entry. Félix Kysyl stars as a seemingly benign, out-of-work baker who drifts back to his small hometown after the death of his beloved former boss.
Staying on after the funeral, he begins to insinuate himself into his late mentor’s family, living with his kind-hearted widow (Catherine Frot), in a move that upsets her venomously jealous son (Jean-Baptiste Durand).
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