GLINT
2026 · 2m
Directed by Amaury Magne, Kalindi Ramphul
Fabienne and Bertrand planned to make love tonight; the problem is that Bertrand talks too much.
Picked by Zoe
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A two-minute rom-com about a guy who won't shut up is exactly the kind of premise that sounds like a Hallmark card, which is precisely why I'm not touching it—even if the execution might prove me wrong.
There's a lineage here worth tracking: the verbal comedy of Rohmer, the intimate staging of Linklater—but two minutes is a cruel constraint for a film betting everything on dialogue rhythm and the space between words.
The entire film lives or dies on the decision to let Bertrand's monologue breathe without cutting away, trusting that Fabienne's silence and micro-expressions carry the emotional weight—that single commitment to patience over editing is what transforms a gimmick into something real.