A boy watches his father forget his dead mother. France forgets itself. Devastating.
Benji's father has returned from captivity, and his mother is sick and later dies. Through Benji's eyes we see a changing country and a father who cares less about his deceased wife, making some rather unhappy choices in the process.
Acting
Enzo Bossetti's devastating stillness as Benji.
Direction
Grall's patient, child's-eye framing.
Cinematography
Muted post-war palette that suffocates softly.
Director
Sébastien Grall
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