Gueule d’ange
2026 · 2m
Directed by Jonas Aragones
Genres: drama, fantasy, surrealism
Tones: contemplative, dark, surreal
At a society dinner, Dorian loses a piece of his lip and slips away to see a being with whom he seems to share an obscure and vital bond.
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The scouts
A dinner party where literal body horror becomes metaphor for social fracture—sure, it's got the surreal trappings, but it plays things too politely, more Buñuel-homage than genuine transgression; the premise promises weirder than the execution delivers.
Aragones constructs a formally exquisite miniature where every frame holds the weight of a painting—the lip as both grotesque detail and symbol of unspoken intimacy, the editing rhythm managing tone shifts from social comedy to gothic yearning with remarkable control.
The choice to keep the mysterious 'being' offscreen, letting us feel Dorian's recognition through his body language alone, does all the heavy lifting; in two minutes, that single restraint transforms a surreal premise into something genuinely unsettling and intimate.