Mon enfant
2026 · 2m
Directed by Caroline Nicoullaud, Kélian Robert
Genres: coming-of-age, drama
Tones: contemplative, tender
Noëlle, 26 and living in Paris, is obsessed with her appearance and trapped in repetitive patterns since her breakup with Alexandre; she throws herself body and soul into therapy and sets out to meet her inner child, little Noëlle.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
A therapeutic coming-of-age premise that could've been unbearable earnestness, but the co-directors seem genuinely uninterested in the easy catharsis — two minutes to meet your inner child should be ridiculous, and the film knows it.
The formal restraint here suggests a lineage of French introspective cinema; what could be saccharine is held at arm's length by the filmmakers' refusal to overstate the emotional stakes of self-discovery.
The two-minute constraint forces a choice most filmmakers would've bloated: letting the 'inner child' moment arrive without explanation or montage buildup, which makes Noëlle's recognition feel genuinely earned rather than narrated into being.