Knock

• Comedy

In the quaint, seemingly idyllic village of Saint-Maurice, a darkly humorous subversion of medical ethics unfolds with the arrival of Dr. Knock, a physician concealing a past steeped in criminality. He doesn’t seek to *cure* the healthy, but to *convince* them of illness, turning a quiet community into a profitable patient base through calculated suggestion and manipulation. The film meticulously portrays a creeping unease as Knock’s charisma and expertly crafted diagnoses unravel the villagers’ self-perception, culminating not in a dramatic exposé, but in a subtly unsettling commentary on the power of belief and the fragility of well-being. His past, embodied by a returning acquaintance, doesn’t trigger a conventional reckoning but rather exposes the inherent hypocrisy at the heart of his methods, leaving a lingering question of whether genuine harm was ever intended.