The Ordeal
Synopsis
Marc Stevens is an itinerant singer. He's just given a concert at an isolated hospice. He hits the road again, but his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
Mr. Bartel, a hotel-keeper suffering a psychological breakdown since Gloria, his wife, left him, takes him in.
Marc's nightmare begins.
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Director (1)
Actors (13)
Production and distribution (6)
- Executive Producer : The Film
- Co-production : STUDIOCANAL
- Foreign production companies : La Parti Production, Tarantula Luxembourg
- Associate producer : Backup Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Michaël Gentile
- Screenwriters : Fabrice Du Welz, Romain Protat
- Director of Photography : Benoît Debie
- Music Composer : Vincent Cahay
- Editor : Sabine Hubeaux
- Sound Recordist : Marc Engels
- Costume designer : Géraldine Picron
- Foreign Producer : Donato Rotunno
- Production Manager : Ludovic Douillet
- Press Attaché (film) : Michel Burstein
- Continuity supervisor : Laora Bardos
- Production Designer : Emmanuel De Meulemeester
- Make-up Artist : Aurélie Elich
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Thriller
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Minority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2004
- French release : 16/03/2005
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 108.116
- Visa issue date : 25/10/2004
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Rating restrictions : Under 16
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News & awards
News (6)
Selections (12)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2022
Rétrospective I Fabrice du Welz
Awards (1)
Delegations (2)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Czech Republic, 2010
Actor : Micheline Presle
Director : Fabrice Du Welz
About
Calvaire by Fabrice du Welz (Belgium/France/Luxembourg, 2004, 90 min.). Calvaire is a blunt shocker that has sparked comparisons to the holy triptych of “survival” horror films: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Straw Dogs, and Deliverance. Prepare yourself as first-time director Fabrice du Welz leads you down a path that gets darker with every step. Marc Stevens (Laurent Lucas) is a small-time singer on his way to a Christmas engagement when his van breaks down in the forest. He is forced to find a run-down inn where he can stay the night. Mr. Bartel (Jackie Berroyer), the innkeeper, promises to call a mechanic, but in his eyes, the lost crooner is a surrogate for his wife, who left him years earlier—and Marc Stevens becomes his helpless captive. Calvaire fits into a curious place between art-house experimentalism and blood-drenched horror, with an undercurrent of grim comedy. Be warned: the film does feature some brutal imagery. Description adapted from the Toronto International Film Festival.
