Medusa
2025 · 15m · France
Directed by Sarah Meyohas
After a young Swedish perfumer is stung by a jellyfish in the South of France, an attractive older man comes to her aid — but what begins as flirtatious chemistry shifts into something darker and more unsettling as his intentions become unclear.
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The scouts
Meyohas uses the myth's logic precisely — Medusa turns men to stone, but this film asks what happens when the monster in the story is the one offering to help you — and the ambiguity is the whole point.
35mm Côte d'Azur jellyfish-sting-as-predator-metaphor, Sarah Meyohas directing — the formal precision is interesting and the Haneke comp is the bar. Cautiously, yes.
Sarah Meyohas shooting 35mm on the Côte d'Azur with a Magary edit and an intimacy coordinator — the jellyfish-sting-as-structural-metaphor is doing real work, not decorative work. Breillat and Haneke are serious comparisons; if it carries them, this is one of the year's quietly precise thrillers.
Reviews
Medusa is an expertly crafted movie that takes things to an extreme and plays in the grey areas.
Festivals
- Seattle International Film Festival 2025, Grand Jury Prize, Live Action Short Film
- Palm Springs International ShortFest 2025, Best Live Action Short (15 Minutes and Under)