Calvaire

Mar 9, 2005

1h 28m

★ 6.0

Some people would kill for company.

Overview

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 when his van breaks down. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog then leads Marc to a shuttered inn.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

The Film

StudioCanal

La Parti Production

Tarantula

Calvaire Trailers

Cast

Marc Stevens

Laurent Lucas

Mademoiselle Vicky

Brigitte Lahaie

Madame Langhoff

Gigi Coursigny

M. Bartel

Jackie Berroyer

Boris

Jean-Luc Couchard

Robert Orton

Philippe Nahon

Tomas Orton

Philippe Grand'Henry

Fermier Mylène

Jo Prestia

Lucien

Marc Lefebvre

Roland

Alfred David

Gáant

Alain Delaunois

Stan Le Pianiste

Vincent Cahay

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