Following Crimes of the Future, which was released in May 2022, David Cronenberg will be back behind the camera this year with The Shrouds. The film’s distributor, Pyramid, announced the release date in a press release.
That’s why the master of body horror will bring his new work to theaters on September 25, 2024. For the occasion, the 81-year-old filmmaker is collaborating with Vincent Cassel for the third time, following 2007’s Les Promesses de l’ombre and 2011’s A Dangerous Method. Diane Kruger and Guy Pearce will also be there.
Pyramide Distribution also released the first photo from the film; We see Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger, who are clearly very interested in what they are watching. The French actress will dress up in the costume of a famous businessman, 50-year-old Karsh.
Contact the lost
Inconsolable after the death of his wife, he invents a revolutionary and controversial system, GraveTech, which allows the living to communicate with their loved ones in their shrouds. One night, several graves, including his wife’s, are vandalized. He goes to the door to find the culprits.
Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger
Note that this project was inspired by a personal and painful tragedy for the director, the loss of his wife in 2017. Caroline Cronenberg died after a long illness at the age of 66. In 2022, while promoting Crimes of the Future, the filmmaker explained his motives in the premiere columns.
A very personal project
David Cronenberg’s short film Death is I’m Coming to terms with my death, coming to terms with it metaphorically and literally. And then my wife died in 2017. We were married for forty-three years. A big part of me died with him.
“This movie is also a way of embracing him, embracing this part of him that was me. Of course, you can’t tell that when you watch it, I have to tell you.”The director emphasized.
“People who know me well will know which parts of the film are autobiographical.”He added, suggesting that the character played by Vincent Cassel would be a sort of alter ego of the director. Cronenberg is sure to attend Cannes 2024 to present his new film, which hits theaters on September 25.
Source: Allocine
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