2019 · crime · drama · thriller
Oh Mercy!
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin1h 59m2019
A police chief in northern France tries to solve a case where an old woman was brutally murdered on Christmas Eve. However, in a neighborhood rife with crime, everyone seems to be a suspect.
Our read: Oh Mercy! (2019) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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