Calvaire (2004)

Director
Fabrice Du Welz

Main cast
Laurent Lucas; Brigitte Lahaie; Gigi Coursigny; Jackie Berroyer; Jean-Luc Couchard

Genres
Horror

Description
A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège, his van conked out. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog leads Marc to a shuttered inn...


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