Mon Chou
2026 · 2m
Directed by Lisa François
Genres: drama, fantasy, surrealism
Tones: contemplative, surreal, tender
A father tries to reconnect with his daughter by preparing her favourite dessert, a cream puff; a strange corridor holds her prisoner — will the chou be enough to bring her back?
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
The cream puff as a portal to the surreal—it's a genuinely weird emotional anchor that most directors would've undercut with winking irony, but François plays it straight and that's where the subversion lives.
A two-minute meditation on absence and longing that demonstrates control over pacing and symbol; the corridor imagery situates itself within a lineage of surrealist cinema while remaining formally restrained.
The decision to let the chou itself become the emotional throughline—shooting its preparation with such tactile specificity that a simple pastry carries the entire weight of reconnection—is what elevates a tender premise into something that actually breaks your chest.