The Shrouds
2024 · Movie · R · 120 min · ★ 5.8 · 67% critics
A grieving widower creates a controversial technology that lets people watch their loved ones’ remains from inside their graves. When several burial sites are vandalized, he’s pulled into a tense search for who’s responsible, forcing him to confront how far obsession and new tech can reshape mourning.
Also known as Les linceuls
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2025-04-03
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (235 votes)
About
If you like bleak, idea-driven stories about grief, obsession, and technology, this may click, especially if Crimes of the Future worked for you; Not for you if you want clear answers, steady thrills, or fast pacing.
Pros: bold grief-and-tech premise; dark, odd humor; unsettling body imagery | Cons: talky and slow; convoluted mystery threads; unresolved, abrupt ending
Themes
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- widow
- cemetery
- toronto, canada
- vandalism
- grief
- conspiracy
- death
- sister-in-law
- graveyard
- entrepreneur
- paranoid
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Vincent Cassel
as Karsh Relikh
Diane Kruger
as Becca Relikh / Terry Gelernt / Hunny
Guy Pearce
as Maury Entrekin
Sandrine Holt
as Soo-Min Szabo
Elizabeth Saunders
as Gray Foner
Jennifer Dale
as Myrna Shovlin
Eric Weinthal
as Dr. Hofstra
Jeff Yung
as Dr. Rory Zhao
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
as Elvar
Vieslav Krystyan
as Karoly Szabo
Directed by David Cronenberg