Oh Alain, You Devil

I know that I say some version of this every time anything Cannes comes up but I really do try to pay only surface-level attention to what's happening there -- enough to not be caught entirely off-guard by things existing, but beyond that I skim. That said my attention was very much caught by the name Alain Guiraudie, the director of the 2013 MNPP-fave Stranger by the Lake (and how the hell is that movie 11 years old now???) -- apparently he has a new homosexual film full of penises debuting out of competition this year titled Miséricorde, and that's happy news to me! 

They describe the film as a dark comedy, but this is where my skimming takes hold -- I now know all I personally need to know about Miséricorde. I want to see it. I need no more. That said IndieWire does interview him about the movie so read it here if you need more, and they also shared the first clip from the movie, and I'll share it (unwatched by me) below. Hopefully we will get this here in the U.S. sooner than later.