L'aube
2026 · 2m
Directed by Cédric Dubourg
Genres: coming-of-age, drama, family
Tones: contemplative, melancholic, tender
Tom and his father Jean go hiking; the walk puts their relationship to the test until dawn reveals the beauty of a modest bond.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
A father-son hike that ends in tenderness—exactly the kind of quiet redemption arc that makes most people nod along, which is precisely why I'd skip it. There's nothing here that breaks the mold or makes me reconsider what family drama can do.
Dubourg locates the full weight of a fractured relationship in the architecture of a single night walk, letting the formal progression toward dawn do the emotional work rather than sentiment—this is restraint as a curatorial choice, and it lands.
That two-minute constraint forces every frame to earn its place; the decision to let silence and footfall rhythm carry the tension between them rather than dialogue is what transforms what could've been saccharine into something that actually breathes.