Calvaire (2004)
aka The Ordeal

Genre: Horror
Country: Belgium | France | Luxembourg | Director: Fabrice Du Welz
Language: French | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope 2.35:1 | Length: 87mn
HDWebrip H264 Mkv – 1920×806 – 25fps – 3.14gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407621/

A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège, his van conked out. An odd chap who’s looking for a lost dog leads Marc to a shuttered inn; the owner gives Marc a room for the night. Next day, the innkeeper, Mr. Bartel, promises to fix the van, demands that Marc not visit the nearby village, and goes through Marc’s things while the entertainer takes a walk. At dinner that night, Bartel laments his wife’s having left him, and by next day, Marc is in a nightmare that may not end.

Superficially this is the Belgian take on the “crazed hillbilly” sub-genre of Last House on the Left or Deliverance, but in it’s mixture of horror and surreal humor this is closer to something like Roman Polanski’s The Tenant. The portrait of an isolated society who lives without women is taken to its logical and often shocking extremes. There is a scene at the local bar which must rank among the strangest and most memorable set pieces in recent years. The film is very atmospheric and the cinematography is stunning. You can almost feel the chill of the winter forest it takes place in.

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Calvaire (2004)