I Lost My Body
I Lost My Body

I Lost My Body(2019)

An extraordinary journey in self-discovery.

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7.50
38K Votes
Tmdb
7.50
1.3K Votes
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A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.

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Runtime
81 minutes
Directed by
Jérémy Clapin

People Interested
7
People Finished
15

Release Status
Finished
Release Date
11/6/2019
Original Language
French
Origin Country
France

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aleks-predator
4 months ago
8
Each of us has lost our body Intending to watch the cartoon "I lost my body", I didn't really count on anything. Good ratings and reviews for the work, but it was the Oscar nomination in the Best Animated Film category that interested me. From the very first minutes, the painting attracts the viewer's attention with an unusual and peculiar drawing, which, as a rule, is characteristic of author's projects. The work of director Jeremy Klapen is immediately interesting due to the unusual presentation of the material, the initially incomprehensible concept of a severed hand that wanders through a predatory city, and the undoubtedly attractive soundtrack. The material is presented through flashbacks of the main character Noufel, scenes of his current life and with the help of a separate story arc of the hand, so to speak. The further the creators move us through the story of a young man, the more the sad world of this young man opens up to us. The director skillfully pulls the viewer by these and other nerves, allowing them to plunge into the guy's world and identify themselves with him. Watching the sad story of Noufel, who was once full of enthusiasm and dreamed of many things: a bright future with his parents, a wonderful career, just a happy life. However, children's dreams can be naive, and fate disposes in such a way that many things are not destined to come true. So it became with Noufel. A young man lives a gray life, he is alone in this huge city, which in fact may well be predatory and dangerous. Sometimes it seems that he does not have a specific goal, he has already got used to his fate and is now simply trying to survive by working as a pizza deliveryman. His dreams of becoming an astronaut or a musician are now only in his memories, which are inextricably linked with his long-gone parents. However, everything suddenly changes when Noufel literally falls in love with a girl, or rather with her voice, when the couple communicates over the intercom on a rainy evening. And then something flares up in the guy. He tries to rekindle the flame of life in himself, suddenly realizing that he is not able to be alone in this vast world. Another storyline is the metaphorical journey of a severed hand in search of a lost body. At first, you don't even understand what kind of brush it is, and where it is in a hurry. But, believe me, closer to the final you will definitely understand. Everyone, I think, will draw their own conclusion, both about the lonely wandering hand and about the picture as a whole. The severed brush, as I saw it, is all of us, every single person who somehow lost something important from childhood, the ability to see the world through children's eyes, the desire to comprehend new things and the feeling that everything is possible in this world. At some point, when you become an adult, you suddenly realize that there are a lot of difficulties, prohibitions, locks that are created by society and/ or by yourself. In the cartoon, as I saw it, for Noufel, the starting point of no return was the departure of his parents, who did not allow him to recover and become who he so dreamed of. He had no support, he stopped striving on his own. For the audience, it can be a lot of those points that everyone will think about on their own and be sure to grieve on this topic, realizing how long ago the time when they were really free has passed. It is very difficult to convey the emotions of this picture in words, and to do it in such a way as to really interest a potential viewer, but believe me, you will be able to immerse yourself in this interesting deeply personal story. There is nothing masterpiece here, the plot is quite simple, but the general concept of the work closer to the finale will allow the cartoon to open up in a way that sometimes the highest-quality dramas do not. Maybe this is just my perception of the painting, but watching this work will definitely not be superfluous. The music in the movie is just gorgeous. I want to listen to it again, it allows me to remind you both about the work itself and about the warm inner feeling of sadness that I felt when watching the cartoon. Jeremy Klapen's work earned a nomination for a prestigious award, but even more it taught me personally to see my life through the prism of the flow of time, bringing together everything that once happened to us. After all, this skill makes it clear how to make your life happier when you see the life of the main character of the picture. Each of us should learn to be at least a little happier than we are today. And such works help to find the way to this happiness in our difficult times. 8 out of 10

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