Sacrées Nonnes
2018 · 5m · Francia
Directed by Anissa Beddiaf, Armelle Roy, Edwige Bellin Du Coteau, Léa Mouraud, Lucie Fillon, Perrine Lemonnier, Zacharia Mekideche
Two eccentric nuns, expelled from Holy Mass for arriving late, accidentally break a valuable liturgical object while doing a cleaning chore as punishment, and try everything to repair their mistake.
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The scouts
Seven directors piloting a five-minute nun comedy should be a disaster—instead it's proof that constraints breed invention, though I'd never admit it to the consensus crowd who'll dismiss this as cute.
A playful homage to slapstick tradition with formal discipline: the editing carries the chaos without ever losing its geometric grace, and the ensemble timing suggests these filmmakers understand the classical grammar they're riffing on.
What makes this work isn't the premise—it's the decision to let the physical comedy breathe through dead-simple blocking and reaction shots, letting seven first-time feature directors prove they could orchestrate rhythm and restraint with almost no resources.