À BRAS LE CORPS
2026 · 2m
Directed by Guillaume Lassieur
Genres: crime, dark comedy, drama
Tones: absurdist, contemplative, darkly comic
A burglar botches the heist of the century — he steals a replica — but in the spotlight's glare he begins to plead the beauty of his prize.
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A burglar mourning a fake—the heist film implodes into philosophy in two minutes, which is exactly the kind of genre sabotage that makes consensus critics uncomfortable. Lassieur doesn't resolve the absurdity; he lets it breathe, and that refusal to pick a lane is where the bite lives.
The tonal architecture here recalls the French absurdist tradition—Vigo, early Tati—where crime becomes a vehicle for examining value and authenticity in a world that doesn't care. It's formally modest but conceptually precise, a short that knows exactly which lineage it's working within.
That moment when the burglar shifts from panic to genuine reverence for the replica—the single beat where desperation becomes sincere appreciation—is the entire film's ballast, and Lassieur trusts it completely, never underlining or winking. Everything hinges on that tonal pivot, and it lands because nothing wastes a frame getting there.