Calvaire

Directed by Fabrice Du Welz

Marc is a traveling singer whom audiences adore. When his van breaks down in a remote Belgian village, he soon learns what it means to be an artiste in this darkly comic, DUEL meets DELIVERANCE slice of Belgian hillbilly horror.

This film is being screened as part of Manchester Metropolitan University’s horror conference.  The screening will be introduced by Ramsey Capmbell, “Britain’s most respected living horror writer” (Oxford Companion to English Literature).

Screening in association with European Nightmares, a two-day conference offering a platform to explore European horror traditions, organised by MIRIAD, (Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design).  For further details please see:

www.miriad.mmu.ac.uk/visualculture/inc/nightmares/

Duration:
90 minutes

Languages:
French

Country of origin:
Belgium, France and Luxembourg

Year of production:
2004