Trapped for her first two months and unable to take any calls, Martine soon learns the routines of the patients. Nicole (Charlotte De Turckheim) is on the same plan, waiting for the time she can see her boyfriend. But before that, they have to take care of the strange people here, including the always knitting, revolution spewing Jules (Michel Debrane), the unparalyzed wheelchair unbound Léon (Jean Ludow), the huggable and always hugging Pascal (Georges Lucas) and so many more, babbling about how life used to be so much better as they live out their dying days. There’s also the custodian, Flavien (Michel Flavius), who occasionally whips the old people when he isn’t bothering the girls.

Why two months? That’s how long the residents make a body last and they’re all hundreds of years old. As a nurse is due to go home, they take her from her bed, slice her throat and start to devour her body. Also: There’s a serial killer on the loose.

As good as this is, the ending is a let-down. The old people get sloppy after so many years of being ideal killers and eaters of people. Why? And just why — spoiler — get rid of Martine at the close like that? I’m all for a downer ending, but this is pointless after we’ve loved her for an entire movie. Otherwise, I really enjoyed it!

You can watch this on YouTube.