I Lost My Body

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Bruno S @SquaredCloth602 May 22 In medias res, the open ending, the foreshadowing — every detail reflects technical mastery. Emotional yet restrained at the same time. A fascinating contradiction. A beautiful paradox. It comes and goes, but lingers with you in the end. 10/10. See more Stephen C @bob25009 Mar 26 The worldwide gross is $1,136,431.00. See more Swaus G @SwausGebouwen Feb 14 This movie is like torture porn. I didn't like it. See more Aluna U @RT14704568 Sep 29 I Lost My Body is a critically acclaimed animated film adapted from Happy Hand by Guillaume Laurant, earning numerous awards including an Oscar nomination and the Nespresso Grand Prize at Cannes. Although animated, it is not suitable for children due to its mature themes and graphic scenes, instead offering a deep, poetic exploration of loss and longing through the surreal journey of a severed hand seeking its owner. With stunning animation, rich symbolism, and dual narratives from both the hand and Naufel, the film presents a complex yet emotionally resonant story, despite a few unanswered plot elements. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) See more Jens B @Jens97 04/23/2025 A truly beautifully crafted film about a severed hand searching for its owner. Through flashbacks, we experience the time before the hand was severed. It mixes action/adventure elements with romance, grief-solving, and character studies. It mostly works, but the pacing is occasionally a bit distracting, and the story doesn't tell much more than the process of letting go and growing up, or even a bit of adulting. But when all of this is presented in such a quirky yet insightful package as this, you can't go wrong with a curiosity-based watch. See more Sarfaraz A @RT40602226 03/29/2025 Jeremy Clapin co-wrote and directed this French animation drama, which is based on Guillaume Laurent's novel "Happy Hand" (who also co-wrote the screenplay). The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. Voiceovers by Hakim Faris, Victoire du Bois, and others. Dan Levy composed the mesmerizing and enchanting music score. The film is told in a non-linear format. A severed hand of Naoufel escapes from the medical lab and journeys to its owner. On the travel, it encounters rodents, pigeons, a drunk guy, a rapidly approaching subway train, insects, traffic, and so on. Meanwhile, the hand recalls memories of its owner from childhood to maturity, which are exhibited to the audience. The main story is around a young Moroccan boy named Naoufel who aspires to be an astronaut but also enjoys learning the piano from his mother. His parents are killed in a car accident, and Naoufel is transferred to live with his uncle and cousin in France, where he works as a pizza delivery guy. He is frequently chastised for causing damage to the pizza business, which has to provide free pizza as a result of his 20-minute late delivery owing to disturbance on the street, or vice versa. One such delivery to a young girl causes him to become captivated with the enchanting conversation over the intercom with the girl, whom he is unable to reach due to a malfunctioning intercom door. He pledges to meet her and get to know her by taking a job at her ailing uncle's abandoned workshop, where he loses his right hand to a wood cutting machine. The film kept me motionless from the outset. Its fascinating music score when memories are recalled transported me out of space. The story of a jinxed young man who lost his loving and caring parents and ended up with a demented relatives. For most of the film, I was hoping that the severed hand would be re-attached. Another notion occurred to me: perhaps the owner died as a result of this catastrophe, or after seeing the half-story, he committed suicide due to the loss of his love interest. However, the last act, in which the audience discovers that the tape has been overrun by new recordings, shows that he has given up on his past recollections. He leaps from skyscraper onto a crane, implying that he has come to terms with his new self. Even then, this isn't enough. What about Gabrielle, his love interest, who has returned to him? See more Read all reviews

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