Un grain
2026 · 2m
Directed by Léonie Perriard
Genres: coming-of-age, drama
Tones: contemplative, tender
Maya discovers a suspicious beauty spot and immediately thinks the worst; pushed out of her comfort zone, she questions her whole way of life, until an unexpected event stops her in her tracks.
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A beauty spot as existential crisis is almost there—the absurdist seed is planted—but Perriard plays it too safe, letting the premise collapse into generic coming-of-age navel-gazing instead of actually interrogating why we catastrophize over nothing.
Perriard demonstrates formal restraint in the service of psychological intimacy; the two-minute constraint forces a precise editing rhythm that recalls the European miniaturist tradition, though the thematic resolution feels slightly undercooked for a film asking such weightier questions.
In two minutes, Perriard commits to an intimate sound design—the internal monologue, the ambient texture—that makes Maya's spiraling feel claustrophobic and real; that sonic decision alone carries the entire emotional architecture where plot could've failed.