The Shrouds
Asian Premiere
David Cronenberg France, Canada 2024 119 min R21 (Sexual Scene)
Grief drama meets sci-fi necrophilia in Cronenberg’s latest about a man who designs a device to monitor bodies of the deceased.
Following the death of his wife Becca, businessman Karsh channels his grief into creating GraveTech—a technology that allows the viewing of corpses of departed loved ones in their shrouds. As he monitors Becca’s decomposing body, Karsh notices odd growths on her bones. After visiting Becca’s sister, Karsh discovers that multiple graves have been desecrated. The ensuing investigation spirals into full-blown conspiracy.
An enigmatic dystopian thriller, The Shrouds explores the boundaries between the flesh and the digital with a cold and caustic tone. This work arose from the passing of David Cronenberg’s wife, signalling sentimentality beneath layers of callousness, which leaves one to question the film’s often sardonic appearance.
3 Dec, Tue 4:30PM / 119 min
Golden Village Bugis+, Hall 5
6 Dec, Fri 9:30PM / 119 min
Golden Village Cineleisure, Hall 2
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The Shrouds
David Cronenberg
France, Canada
2024
English
119 min
R21 (Sexual Scene)
Asian Premiere
David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor best known for his body horror and science fiction films that explore the disturbing intersections between technology, the human body and subconscious desire. His iconic films include Scanners (1981), Videodrome (1983) and The Fly (1986). The Shrouds premiered at Cannes.
Saïd Ben Saïd,
Martin Katz,
Anthony Vaccarello
Vincent Cassel,
Diane Kruger,
Guy Pearce
