Eric and Sarah are detectives who are investigating the murder of a professor which it seems like a gay hate crime. Married Eric becomes attracted to the pathologist, Emmanuel.
Acting
Freiss simmers with repressed tension in every morgue scene.
Direction
Anger makes autopsy rooms weirdly intimate, almost erotic.
Director
Jérôme Anger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during France's heated PACS debates, the film weaponizes homophobia as both plot and metaphor for societal autopsy.
The real morgue was an abandoned hospital outside Lyon; crew reported 'unusual cold spots' that Freiss insisted were 'perfect for character work.'
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