À l'entrée des regards
2026 · 2m
Directed by Bertille Loiselet
Tones: contemplative, provocative
At the entrance of an ultra-select party, a new bouncer chooses his guests according to his own unusual criteria, pushing viewers to rethink their perception of beauty — and whether beauty might be felt rather than seen.
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A bouncer as gatekeeper-philosopher is a fun inversion, but the film's real move—redefining beauty as sensation rather than appearance—feels more like a TED talk than subversion; it's the kind of contrarian premise that flatters the audience rather than disturbs them.
Loiselet situates herself in a lineage of satire-as-mirror (Bunuel, perhaps), and the two-minute form demands the kind of economy and tonal precision that separates craft from concept—whether that precision lands or becomes mere stylistic posturing will determine if this enters the canon or just the circuit.
The entire film hinges on a single decision: what the bouncer *actually* sees when he looks, and whether Loiselet reveals that or leaves it ambiguous—that choice, held or released, is what transforms a clever premise into something that breathes.