Courire
2026 · 2m
Directed by Benoit Hamon, Renou
Genres: dark comedy, satire
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic
Amid a group of joggers with absurd slogans and facade smiles, Emma does not feel at ease; her flatmate, who forced her out of bed on this winter morning, will end up regretting it.
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The scouts
Everyone else sees a jogging group comedy; Hamon and Renou saw a pressure cooker for social coercion and quiet revenge—that tonal swerve from forced wellness to regret is exactly the kind of subversive premise that makes consensus scouts nervous and makes me pay attention.
The satire sits firmly in a lineage of French absurdist cinema—Vigo, Tati—where social rituals become the subject itself; the craft here is in the restraint, letting the slogans and facade smiles do the heavy lifting without commentary.
What elevates this beyond concept is the decision to hold on Emma's discomfort in real time rather than cutting away—that sustained reluctance against the group's enforced cheer is a single performative choice that makes the whole thing feel lived rather than constructed.