La beauté du geste
2026 · 2m
Directed by Vincent Hazard
Genres: dark comedy, satire
Tones: darkly comic, provocative
The influencer Travelman promotes Regen, an eco-responsible bracelet meant to preserve the planet's beauty — but the results do not live up to expectations.
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Finally, a satire that actually bites — turns the whole eco-influencer apparatus into a two-minute guillotine drop where the product's failure becomes the point, not the plot twist. This is the kind of premise that makes you uncomfortable *because* it's true, which is exactly when satire works.
Hazard demonstrates formal control in its economy of means; the short's construction as a promotional betrayal fits squarely in the lineage of institutional critique and consumer satire, though the execution relies on familiar ironic reversals rather than formal innovation.
The genius move is restraint — letting the bracelet simply *not work* on screen without commentary, letting the gap between Travelman's rhetoric and silent visual evidence do all the heavy lifting. One sound design choice (or absence of one) and the whole satire clicks into place.