Regarde
2026 · 2m
Directed by Emma Somazzi, Nolwenn Hangard-Leroy
Genres: coming-of-age, drama
Tones: contemplative, tender
Corentin, addicted to his phone, meets Ambre, who reproaches him for wasting his time instead of enjoying life and everything around him. Little by little, Corentin comes to understand: beauty is all around us, and we must be conscious of it.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Phone addiction as a coming-of-age corrective is exactly the kind of well-meaning sermon that makes me want to break the screen—and not in the interesting way. This is the consensus film everyone's grandmother would green-light.
A formally composed meditation on presence and perception, with clear lineage to the contemplative essay-film tradition; the directors' restraint in resisting didacticism elevates what could be a PSA into something more textured.
The entire film lives in the choice to let the performance of recognition happen silently—Corentin's face shifting from glassy to actually *seeing*—rather than punctuating it with music or dialogue. That specific trust in a look is what makes two minutes feel like something earned.