De l'Or dans les mains
2026 · 2m
Directed by Alice Jacquet
Genres: coming-of-age, drama
Tones: contemplative, tender
Azylis, 19, an art student blocked by her perfectionism, can no longer create or hand in her work, convinced everything she makes is a failure; as a deadline approaches, a banal incident in her daily life overturns her gaze on her own work.
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A coming-of-age about creative block sounds like every film school therapy session ever made—but if Jacquet's actually subverting the perfectionism narrative rather than wallowing in it, then maybe there's something here worth the contrarian risk.
The premise sits squarely in a tradition of introspective European shorts examining artistic self-doubt; what matters now is whether the formal choices—editing rhythm, mise-en-scène, the structure of that 'banal incident'—elevate this into something with genuine rigor.
Two minutes to pivot a character's entire relationship with her own work means everything hinges on that one banal moment: how it's shot, when it appears, what sound accompanies it—and if Jacquet nails that specific inflection, suddenly the whole thing breathes.