MA BOTTÉE
2026 · 2m
Directed by Benoît Deldique
Genres: drama, LGBTQ+, romance
Tones: contemplative, provocative, tender
Léa and Léo bump into each other in a nightclub and it is love at first sight. But when Léa reveals herself, the night takes an unexpected turn, and Léo must choose: leave, or accept her beauty as it is.
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The scouts
The premise promises transgression but the execution feels like it's asking for applause for basic acceptance—it's tender when it should be unsettling, which is exactly the move a genuinely subversive film would avoid.
Deldique situates this squarely in the lineage of queer intimate cinema, and the restraint in the reveal—letting the moment breathe rather than dramatize—recalls the considered pacing of contemporary European shorts that trust their audience.
That two-minute structure hinges entirely on the timing of Léa's self-disclosure and what Léo's face does in the aftermath; if that beat lands with specificity instead of sentiment, the whole film pivots from nice to necessary.