Nouvelles Ondes
2026 · 2m
Directed by Tilio Hue
Genres: drama
Tones: contemplative, tender
Chloé visits her brother Martin for what should be a relaxing moment of sharing and laughter, as they are used to — but this time an event makes the situation complicated for Chloé.
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The premise reads like a Sundance-ready sibling drama, which is exactly the kind of well-trodden path that usually puts me to sleep—so if Tilio Hue pulled something subversive out of this setup, I'm curious, but the description doesn't promise me anything that makes me lean forward.
A two-minute study in fractured intimacy between siblings has the formal restraint and emotional precision we associate with the best contemporary European shorts; the restraint of runtime and the deliberate vagueness of 'an event' suggests a filmmaker thinking carefully about what *not* to show.
Two minutes to complicate a relationship that should be simple—that's either handled with extraordinary economy or it collapses, and I want to know which specific choice Hue made in editing or performance to make the shift land rather than feel abrupt.