Cadavres

Cadavres

Directed by Érik Canuel

Produced by 6603301 Canada, Zoofilms

2009117 min4.9 / 10

A darkly comedic, surreal family drama where sibling dysfunction, maternal haunting, and mounting corpses collide in a twisted exploration of love and dysfunction.

Raymond is a jealous, misanthropic, couch potato. Angèle is a sexy TV star, childish and disillusioned. One Halloween, their mother, Solange, suddenly dies. Raymond calls his sister for the first time in 10 years. She agrees to meet him and begins to investigate their mother's death, all in keeping with her TV role of police commissioner. But nothing is simple with the Marchildons. Between a dithering Raymond, the ghost of Solange who continues to haunt her children, and Angèle who's going crazy interviewing suspects, one more bizarre than the next, and the bodies that are filling up the basement, it's hard to keep their love straight. But then, love was always a little twisted in the Marchildon household.

Questions people ask

  • Does Cadavres end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Cadavres sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Is Cadavres violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Cadavres easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Cadavres scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity90

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Cadavres

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Cadavres

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Cadavres, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Cadavres, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Cadavres, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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