The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou

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The Strange Case of Jacky Caillou

2023

1h 32m

Drama

Fantasy

Mystery & Thriller

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9 Reviews

62%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

When Jacky's grandmother, a renowned healer, suddenly passes away and a particularly compelling young woman with a mysterious rash arrives on his doorstep, he has no choice but to stay and try to help. As her condition worsens, it becomes clear that she's afflicted with no ordinary illness. She's transforming into something dangerous before his eyes, but he’s already in too deep to abandon her.

Bobby LePire

Film Threat

04/27/2023

9/10

The way it mixes religion and folklore is fascinating.

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Crockett Houghton

Film Inquiry

04/22/2023

One of the best movies of the year, Jacky Caillou is a once-in-a-generation type of movie.

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Federico Furzan

Movie-Blogger.com

04/18/2023

3.2/5

This is one of those cases in which a premise is in a natural course for something opposite than what a director decides to do, and things work out for the best.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

04/18/2023

...applying a visually poetic tilt to folk-horrorish terrain...

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

04/10/2023

B-

It is something of a strange case of its own, taking what turns out to be a familiar horror genre and making it something that definitely has supernatural elements and jeopardy, but isn’t really horror.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

04/07/2023

4/5

A thoughtful, offbeat film with the character of folklore.

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Lucas Delangle

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Jacky Caillou

Edwige Blondiau

Gisèle Caillou

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Synopsis

When Jacky's grandmother, a renowned healer, suddenly passes away and a particularly compelling young woman with a mysterious rash arrives on his doorstep, he has no choice but to stay and try to help. As her condition worsens, it becomes clear that she's afflicted with no ordinary illness. She's transforming into something dangerous before his eyes, but he’s already in too deep to abandon her.

Director: Lucas Delangle
Producer: Charles Philippe, Lucile Ric
Screenwriter: Lucas Delangle, Olivier Strauss
Distributor: Dark Star Pictures
Production Co: Les Films du Clan, Micro Climat Studios
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 11, 2023
Runtime: 1h 32m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)