Release Date: October 21, 2025
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Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: David Cronenberg
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Sandrine Holt
Long fascinated by the ways that technology is transforming our bodies and minds, David Cronenberg returns with one of his most profoundly personal films, an audacious, elegiac exploration of grief, mortality, and love wrapped in the guise of a corporate-espionage thriller. Karsh (Vincent Cassel) is the enigmatic entrepreneur behind a new tech package that allows bereaved relatives to view their loved ones’ decomposing remains. When his futuristic cemetery is vandalized, he begins to suspect a conspiracy is at work, forcing him to confront the trauma of—and mystery surrounding—the death of his beloved Becca (Diane Kruger). Conceived in the wake of his own wife’s death, The Shrouds finds Cronenberg exploring heady ideas around sex, surveillance, and the ultimate body horror: the physical decay that awaits us all.
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $23.96
OrbitDVD- $19.99
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: David Cronenberg
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Sandrine Holt
- Canada, France
- 2024
- 119 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- English
Long fascinated by the ways that technology is transforming our bodies and minds, David Cronenberg returns with one of his most profoundly personal films, an audacious, elegiac exploration of grief, mortality, and love wrapped in the guise of a corporate-espionage thriller. Karsh (Vincent Cassel) is the enigmatic entrepreneur behind a new tech package that allows bereaved relatives to view their loved ones’ decomposing remains. When his futuristic cemetery is vandalized, he begins to suspect a conspiracy is at work, forcing him to confront the trauma of—and mystery surrounding—the death of his beloved Becca (Diane Kruger). Conceived in the wake of his own wife’s death, The Shrouds finds Cronenberg exploring heady ideas around sex, surveillance, and the ultimate body horror: the physical decay that awaits us all.
*Criterion Premieres is a selection of new theatrical films presented on Blu-ray and DVD, released in association with the Criterion Channel.*
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Meet the Filmmakers: David Cronenberg, a Criterion Channel original interview
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Notes by critic Beatrice Loayza
