Narcisse
2026 · 2m
Directed by Arthur Mopin
Genres: drama, fantasy, surrealism
Tones: melancholic, mythic, surreal
In this nocturnal interpretation of the Narcissus myth, a young girl, pulled from her bed by an invisible force, walks as if hypnotised toward a deep-blue swimming pool.
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Everyone's going to read this as a straightforward Narcissus retelling—girl, pool, self-destruction—but the invisible force pulling her is doing something weirder, something the film refuses to explain, and that refusal is where it gets interesting.
Mopin understands that myth works best as formal constraint: the pool as mirror-stage, the hypnotic walk as ritual pacing, the two-minute form itself mirroring the brevity of Narcissus's life—this is a film that knows exactly what tradition it's in conversation with.
The entire film hinges on that deep-blue color grading—it's not just atmosphere, it's the invisible force made visible, pulling your eye toward the water the same way it pulls her, and that single chromatic choice does the work of the whole premise.