The Shrouds
Film details
| Film Title | The Shrouds |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 120mins |
| Year | 2025 |
| Country | Canada, France |
| Director | David Cronenberg |
| Actors | Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt, Elizabeth Saunders, Jennifer Dale, Steve Switzman, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Jeff Yung, Eric Weinthal, Matt Willis, Al Sapienza, Vieslav Krystyan, David Cronenberg |
| Language | English, Hungarian |
| Showings |
Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators.
The Shrouds’ true center is Kassel’s performance. He translates grief into a restless electrical energy; you can practically feel it vibrating through his agile, lanky frame.
★★★★★
“Even a minor Cronenberg film is, by any measure, a major work, one most certainly worth reflecting upon before dismissing too readily, or too eagerly. One needs to only look a bit deeper, and to be unafraid of what stares back from the dark.”
★★★★
Like 2022’s superb Crimes of the Future, The Shrouds serves as a reminder that, at 81 years old, Cronenberg is still one of the world’s great filmmakers: bold, uncompromising, clever, and fearless.
★★★★★
