DERNIÈRE RETOUCHE
2026 · 2m
Directed by Sasha Bethenod
Genres: drama, experimental, thriller
The clock is ticking: ten minutes is all that remains for the aesthetic preparation of a woman, a surgical beauty session that awakens every sense down to the final touch-up.
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Ten minutes until cosmetic surgery and somehow Bethenod's made the waiting room itself feel like the real horror—playing against every expectation that the blade matters more than the mirror. Genuinely disorienting in the best way.
A formally disciplined countdown that echoes the ritualistic precision of body-horror cinema, yet Bethenod refuses easy grotesquerie; the sensory restraint and editing rhythm place this in conversation with artists who understand transformation as something both intimate and clinical.
That final touch-up moment—where the camera's focus shifts from the procedure to her *expression*—is the entire film, and it's worth the runtime alone; Bethenod's letting performance do what the surgery never could.