Heat Wave (Coup de Chaud)

2015

102 mins

Directed by Raphaël Jacoulot

When a heat wave strikes, a mentally handicapped man's normally tolerable behaviour becomes the bane of the village in this... More

When a heat wave strikes, a mentally handicapped man's normally tolerable behaviour becomes the bane of the village in this French-Belgian crime thriller.

When a heat wave strikes a small village in the South of France, water grows scarce and the people grow wary. A mentally challenged young man named Joseph's (Karim Leklou) never-ending antics are becoming, in such fraught context, something of an intolerable inconvenience. The mayor tries desperately to calm things down but nothing seems to be going too well...

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Heat Wave (Coup de Chaud) | Ratings & Reviews

"...offers up some low-key psychological thrills but fails to deliver in its final stretch, toeing the line between familiar genre tropes and social miserablism."

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