After The crimes of the futurewhich will be revealed in a handful of days at the Cannes Film Festival, David Cronenberg will embark on another film titled The Shrouds (which can be translated as “the shrouds” in French), reports variety. And it is a Frenchman, Vincent Cassel, who will play the main role.
The pitch? The story of Karsh (played by Vincent Cassel), a businessman who has just lost his wife. He has the idea of building “a device to connect with the dead inside a funeral shroud”, explains in particular the article on the American site. A business that will not be to everyone’s taste and which will be the subject of attacks, which Karsh will have to look into.
Several collaborations
This is not the first time that the French actor and the Canadian director will work together. Vincent Cassel has already held secondary roles in Shadow promises in 2007 and A dangerous method in 2011.
While waiting for the still undetermined release of this new project, fans of David Cronenberg will soon be able to discover the plot of the Future Crimes. A film of anticipation around the mutation and the transplantation of organs with Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux or Viggo Mortensen.