# The Ones Who Grieve (2026)

**Genres:** Drama

**Duration:** 116 min

**Age rating:** FSK 18

**IMDb:** [6.2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37275937/)

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## Description

At the end of the 19th century, Zélie lives on a remote farm in the stranglehold of her father Jacob. He appeals to his faith, but that does not keep him from cruelty: beneath pious words, he keeps his daughter small, while her mother has long since been broken by his harshness. But even beyond the farm, the world is falling apart. A mysterious plague, the "Black Veil," is spreading and robbing people of their minds. However, how the infected are dealt with extinguishes any notion of compassion.

Director Quarxx conjures a dark, invented era that transplants the rugged loneliness of a Western to Europe. What emerges is a relentless eye-for-an-eye struggle in which familial violence, religious delusion, and a deadly pandemic interlock. This Gothic horror is a feverish descent into a hellish world that leads in only one direction: into the darkness.

## Details

**Premiere:** 27 Sep 2026 (in 21 days)

**Director:** Quarxx

**Cast:** Isabelle Anciaux, Fabien Houssaye, Antony Cinturino, Thierry Frémont, James Joint, Ophélia Kolb, Zelie Rixhon

**Countries:** France

**Languages:** French

**Open-air showtimes:** No

## Showtimes in Frankfurt

The movie is not showing in cinemas yet. Screenings are expected to begin on 27 Sep 2026.