C'est juste une fleur
2026 · 2m
Directed by Gaëtan D'abbundo
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, tender
Through a rose, a man looks back over a past relationship.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
A rose-tinted memory piece about a dead relationship—it's the kind of sincere, on-brand romanticism that usually makes me run the other direction, but if D'abbundo's pulled off something formally weird enough to justify the premise, I'm curious despite myself.
Two minutes of melancholic restraint built on a central image; the question is whether D'abbundo trusts the symbol enough to let it breathe, and whether the editing rhythm honors the tradition of memory-as-meditation that defines the best intimate shorts.
The real test is how they've used the rose itself—whether it's a compositional anchor that actually *does* the emotional work, or just window dressing; if there's one shot or cut that makes the object feel earned rather than decorative, this lands.