Le ciel s'est éclairé
2026 · 2m
Directed by Jonas Lathuilière
Genres: drama, mystery, sci-fi
Tones: contemplative, surreal, tense
Chloé comes home one evening; suddenly, a strange glow appears in the sky.
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Two minutes of a woman watching the sky crack open—sounds like every other sci-fi short, except Lathuilière refuses to explain anything, which is either brilliantly stubborn or a cop-out, and I genuinely can't decide which.
The formal restraint here sits squarely in the lineage of post-Koreeda minimalism; a domestic space interrupted by cosmic ambiguity, held together by compositional discipline and the refusal to resolve.
The entire film hinges on Chloé's stillness—one unbroken take of her face registering wonder without moving—and that single choice of non-reaction becomes the surreal anchor that makes two minutes of sky-watching feel genuinely unnerving.