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The Shrouds

The new film from David Cronenberg.

In an eerie, deceptively placid near-future, an innovative techno-entrepreneur named Karsh (Vincent Cassel, Black Swan) has developed a new software that will allow the bereaved to bear witness to the gradual decay of loved ones, dead and buried in the earth. While Karsh is still reeling from the loss of his wife (Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds) from cancer—and falling into a peculiar sexual relationship with his wife’s sister (also Kruger)—a spate of vandalized graves utilizing his “shroud” technology begins to put his enterprise at risk, leading him to uncover a potentially vast conspiracy.

Co-starring Academy Award® nominee Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Cronenberg’s latest dramatic sci-fi thriller is a stunner and his most personal film to date, combining his signature body horror with deep elder-statesman reflection after the death of his wife Carolyn in 2017. The result is a diabolically unnerving film that astonishes as a boldly unpredictable and profound meditation on grief.

2024, 119 minutes, Canada/France, Directed by David Cronenberg, Rated R

  • “[An] enormously rewarding movie from the master of body horror.”

    – David Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE
  • “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.”

    – Adam Nayman, THE RINGER
  • “Cronenberg's most complete, self-assured, and dramatically accomplished work in years.”

    – Siddhant Adlakha, IGN
  • “Cronenberg once more makes a play for the heartstrings in what must be one of the most nakedly moving and revelatory films within his canon.”

    – David Jenkins, LITTLE WHITE LIES
  • “Intellectually provocative…[A] characteristically perverse take on life, death and desire.”

    – Manohla Dargis, NEW YORK TIMES
  • “Possibly [Cronenberg's] best film yet…showcasing his fascination with body horror, advanced technology and high paranoia in a way that also genuinely touches the heart.”

    – Peter Howell, THE TORONTO STAR
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