Chico
2024 · 22m · France/Belgium
Directed by Enzo Lorenzo
Genres: comedy, coming-of-age, LGBTQ+
Tones: humorous, tender, whimsical
Jojo, a clumsy young gay squatter in Brussels, sets out to repair a washing machine in order to win the affections of Lucien, whom he desires, roaming the city in a frantic, risk-laden quest.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Chico earns its place through the specificity of its milieu — Brussels squats, queer desire, and the picaresque tradition — worn lightly but with genuine formal confidence from a debut director.
Twenty-three minutes of queer Brussels squatter chasing a washing-machine repair as romantic quest — the kind of off-kilter premise that lives or dies on tone. Curiosity edges out skepticism.
A clumsy gay squatter's washing-machine errand becoming a queer romantic odyssey through Brussels — that absurdist domestic engine for 22 minutes lives or dies on the lead's charm. Christophe Honoré-adjacent in the right way.
Reviews
His travels through alternative circles inspire him to explore subjects such as precariousness, desire and violence, using marginal and eccentric characters.
Festivals
- Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur 2024, Prix de la Meilleure photographie
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2025
- Brooklyn Film Festival 2025