David Cronenberg is better known in his movies to explore how the human body It can be changed, usually in a relatively surprising fashion. His latest feature, The shrouds, It is continuing with a somber investigation of death, sadness, and their intersection with modern-day technology-and by letting the filmmaker get a little personal.
Placed in a “fraudulent Plainn near-facing,” the film centers at the Carsh (Vincent Kassel), a tech businessman who uses new software to watch his dead wife (Diane Kruger) decay in real time. As he was ready for this shroud tech to get a broader discharge, all the graves it currently uses has fallen. Soon, Karsh found himself scrambling to find out what was going on and wasn't sure who to trust -to and potentially include his wife's brother, that he started to sleep and was played by Kruger.
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Cronenberg wrote The shrouds Following the death of his wife Carolyn in 2017, which gives excess weight in the trailer moments such as the opening of Karsh's line about wanting to join his deceased wife in the coffin. The logline calls the film a “deep personal counting of sadness and a descent to noir-tinged dystopia,” which is all present in the preview, along with a slight comedy dash. Cronenberg reviewed the film in Cannes 2024, where it raised solid tests from critics.
Also starring Pearce and Sandrine Holt, The shrouds is primarily on April 18 in New York and LA leads its larger theatrical release on April 25.
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