Trapped in an old folks home where people keep going missing, an ex-cop must overcome his Alzheimers to find out who is killing people in this jigsaw thriller.
Acting
André Dussollier's devastating slow unraveling
Direction
Boukhrief weaponizes your own confusion against you
Writing
The script gaslights you as hard as the killer
Director
Nicolas Boukhrief
André Dussollier
Charles Boyer
Marthe Keller
Carole Rothmann
Julien Boisselier
Thomas
Pascal Elbé
Docteur Chenot
Chantal Neuwirth
Francine
Claire Nebout
Sandra
Aurore Clément
Marie
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
Louis Brunet
Serge Renko
Jérémy
Élizabeth Macocco
Hélène
Anne-Marie Faux
Claire
Philippe Laudenbach
Daniel
Olivier Lejeune
Martin
Yves Pignot
Loïc
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boukhrief specifically cast actors over 70 to ground the film's horror in authentic physical fragility, not performance.
The film sparked debate in France about private elder care scandals that surfaced around the same period. The fictional 'Cortex' residence feels depressingly documentary.
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