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2026 · 2m
Directed by Steed Haden
Genres: drama, fantasy, romance
Tones: contemplative, tender, whimsical
Anne-Cécile uses a marvellous beauty vial that temporarily erases her scars to find love; at a date, Marc falls for her, but that evening, at his place, the overused vial is empty, and the two must face each other for real.
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The premise dangles magic-realism window dressing over what's basically a conventional meet-cute, and honestly, that restraint—refusing to let the vial become a plot device—is almost subversive enough to work, but the film plays it too safe to actually commit to the bit.
Haden positions this firmly in the lineage of contemporary fairy-tale retellings that interrogate desire and authenticity, with the vial functioning as a precise formal conceit—the two-minute structure mirrors the temporary erasure itself, a neat architectural choice.
The entire film hinges on how the scar reveal is framed in that final moment—not as tragedy, but as the moment Marc actually *sees* her—and Haden holds that beat just long enough that it becomes the whole story, turning what could've been maudlin into something genuinely tender.