Une belle vue
2026 · 2m
Directed by Camille de La Poëze, Guillaume Courty
Genres: drama
Tones: contemplative, melancholic
Three sisters reunite for a special occasion at the Rocher du Goëland, but the view is not what they had hoped for.
Picked by Margot
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Two minutes of sisters staring at fog instead of a view—it's the setup for a punchline that never comes, which is either brilliant avoidance of sentiment or just slow. I'm genuinely unsure, which means it's probably worth watching twice.
A precise study in disappointed expectation and what remains when the promised spectacle fails to materialize; the restraint in not resolving the sisters' letdown formally positions this in a lineage of contemplative European shorts that trust silence over explanation.
The decision to keep the camera steady on the obscured vista—refusing to cut away or search for an alternative angle—transforms what could've been cute disappointment into something genuinely austere, and that stubborn compositional choice does all the emotional work.