‘The Lodger’ Review — The Ghost and Ms. Bisset [CFF `21]

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by Eric Langberg

The Lodger (Messe Basse), a new French film from first-time director Baptiste Drapeau, has some delicious elements of Grand Dame Guignol. But it’s more than that; it’s something weirder, something a little sweeter than most films of the subgenre. It’s part psycho-biddy in the Greta vein, but also part odd-couple supernatural romance along the lines of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. I loved every strange minute of it.

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