Beau Gosse
2026 · 2m
Directed by Arthur Fanget
Genres: coming-of-age, drama, sports
Tones: contemplative, tender
Ismaël arrives at a new rugby club and has to earn his place.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
A tender rugby coming-of-age that plays it safe—arrival, earned respect, gentle resolution. The premise wants to subvert something but never quite commits; it's too comfortable in its own sincerity to earn my contrarian chops.
Fanget's restraint feels deliberate and well-considered, a meditation on masculine vulnerability within the sports drama tradition that recalls Ericson Core's formal precision without mimicry. The economy of the 2-minute form becomes its own curatorial argument.
What elevates this is the sound design during the tackling sequences—a muffled, almost muted approach to contact that strips away sports-film bravado and replaces it with genuine physical vulnerability. That single choice reframes the entire intimacy of what's being asked of Ismaël.