TROMPÉE
2026 · 2m
Directed by Eliot Charpentier
Tones: contemplative, melancholic
As Eloïse leaves home, doubt sets in: is Hugo cheating on her?
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
A two-minute breakup premise dressed in arthouse melancholy—competent, but too committed to the quiet-doubt template to surprise anyone willing to bet against consensus.
Charpentier demonstrates formal control in the restraint of its narrative reveal, positioning doubt as a cinematic object rather than plot mechanic; the film sits comfortably within the lineage of intimate European short drama.
The decision to sustain ambiguity through Eloïse's departing gaze—never confirming Hugo's infidelity, never resolving the central question—transforms a familiar romantic anxiety into something genuinely unsettling, all without a single exposition beat.