Calvaire

2004
16
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

14K

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Drama Horror Thriller

Marc, a traveling entertainer, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in the middle of a jerkwater town with some strange inhabitants.Marc, a traveling entertainer, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in the middle of a jerkwater town with some strange inhabitants.Marc, a traveling entertainer, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in the middle of a jerkwater town with some strange inhabitants.

Director
- Fabrice du Welz
Writers
- Romain Protat
- Fabrice du Welz
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

14K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Fabrice du Welz
Writers
- Romain Protat
- Fabrice du Welz
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
The scene where Marc and Bartel talk over dinner was modeled after the conversation scene between Marion Crane and Norman Bates in Hitchcock's Psychose (1960).

Goofs
"ELECRTICITE" is spelled during the end credits instead of "ELECTRICITE" (Electricity)

Crazy credits
The pig can be heard squealing one last time at the very end of the credits.

Connections
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User reviews112

Featured review

6/10

This movie is like a claustrophobic nightmare with top notch surrealistic atmosphere.

I first saw this in the early 2k on a dvd which I own.

Revisited it recently.

The plot - On a Christmas eve, a singer's van breaks down in a deserted and marshy region. The singer takes refuge in an inn run by a hospitable but creepy innkeeper who became psychologically upset with the villagers after his wife left him. The innkeeper offers to repair the singer's van as a token of brotherhood between professional entertainers.

The next morning when the singer tells the innkeeper that he is going for a walk, the innkeeper suddenly becomes paranoid and aggressive, warning the singer not to go into the nearby village.

The movie has tons of atmosphere but is very claustrophobic, surrealistic n horrifying at times.

The bar scene where outta blue the people starts dancing with one another is downright creepy.

The backwoods village without a single female character and not a single sane male character is an epitome of eeriness.