Marc (Laurent Lucas) is a struggling pop musician who mostly plays at retirement homes. While traveling to his next performance on Christmas Eve his van breaks down on a secluded country road. After a miserable night he finds help from some local children and ends up at an out-of-the-way inn somewhere deep in Belgium. The inn is run by a lonely old man (Jackie Berroyer) who has some disturbing plans for his new guest. I’ve had to defend this film on more that one occasion. So once and for all is this film making a point about the emasculation of men in today’s society or is it a cheap Deliverance rip-off? I choose the former.
Calvaire
2004