Better you
2026 · 2m
Directed by Alexandre Chaves, Arthur Blavier
Genres: drama, sci-fi, thriller
Tones: contemplative, dark, provocative
Anna and her husband go to the Better You clinic, which offers its patients a revolutionary cosmetic surgery method; Anna emerges from the experience transformed, both physically and mentally.
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A cosmetic surgery clinic that rewires your brain—finally, someone's asking the genuinely unsettling question instead of just showing you the scar. The fact that it's only 2 minutes and still lands with that kind of provocative dread means they're not interested in your comfort, which is exactly why this works.
The film's compression recalls body-horror traditions from Cronenberg through contemporary sci-fi, but it earns its premise through formal restraint rather than spectacle—the transformation is psychological, which demands the editing discipline this pair clearly possesses.
The pivot from physical transformation to mental shift is subtle enough to miss, but the sound design in that post-surgery moment—or lack thereof—is what sells the real horror; it's the kind of single design choice that separates a gimmick from something genuinely unsettling.