Son Indochine

Aging painter Louis and his wife Michelle struggle to cope with Louis' advancing dementia.

The night before the offensive, a soldier hides in the bottom of an underground. Outside, the war shakes the ground and the man prepares himself with the inescapable... In this stop motion animated film, the bodies of the soldiers become again matter, alloy of earth and steel, curdled in death for eternity.

The hero of Bruno Collet’s film has no choice. He is chained to that wall, condemned to watch time slip away. Like everyone else, he dreams of love and freedom, but something holds him back, deep within. Impassive, he watches death carry out its work of decay and decomposition, and it is with unwavering stoicism that he walks toward his own demise.

Thirty-five years after Bruce Lee, his soul reincarnates into a little doll. With self-confidence, the rubber-made toy leaves to discover the great-scaled world all around him.

For Hugo, visiting Chernobyl’s forbidden area is not a commemorative trip. If this young tourist wanders through radioactive ruins, it is mainly to feed his Instagram account. This absurd quest will lead him to discover a population he never knew existed.