• Jérémy Clapin’s feature debut is a intriguing film—a breath of fresh air in the animation world- a film two-pronged narrative—one about an orphan (with black and white flashbacks), and one about a dismembered hand— they combine to make for a sly mediation on loss
  • POV opening, and the POV style is a major style choice for the hand portion of the narrative—Clapin seems inspired and influenced by Julian Schnael’s The Diving Bell and Butterfly– in one scene in particular we fly into the eyelids
  • Not an abundance of them- but there’s a nice setting of the frame from Clapin as they show a bike outside in the rain outside of the apartment.
  • Dan Levy’s score here is a nice accompaniment to the visuals—the scales are reminiscent of Philip Glass
  • A fringe recommendation—in the archives but not too near the top 10 of 2019