The Ones who Grieve - med besök av QUARXX

WHEN FAITH TURNS TO TERROR

In the late 19th century, on a remote farm where time seems to have stood still, young Zélie is stifled by her father's iron religious grip. Jacob is no ordinary tyrant – his faith has been twisted into madness. When a disease known as “the black veil” sweeps across the countryside, those infected become not corpses, but eternally suffering beings who can neither live nor die. The first electricity pylons rise in the distance. Science and superstition collide. Amid this chaos, Zélie sees a way out…

Quarxx, the French genre visionary behind Tous les dieux du ciel and Pandemonium, delivers an atmospheric, dark and visually striking folk horror film. Blending historical realism with supernatural terror, the film explores the family's rigid control, religion and the body's decay. The Ones Who Grieve is a hypnotic, dark and visual masterpiece, a suffocating, beautiful and unsettling meditation on freedom, suffering and what awaits when scientific progress meets the irrational. A film that stays with you long after the lights come up.

The Ones Who Grieve had its world premiere at Neuchâtel IFFF in July 2026.

Sections: Bad & Badass Girls

Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy

Director: Quarxx

Country: France

Year: 2026

Cast: Thierry Frémont, Zélie Rixhon, Jean-Baptiste Maunier

Running time: 116 min

Language: French dialogue, English subtitles