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I Lost My Body

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A severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.
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Beautifully animated and utterly unique, I Lost My Body takes audiences on a singularly strange journey whose unexpected contours lead to a wholly satisfying destination.

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Kambole Campbell NME (New Musical Express) Heartbreaking tragedy blends beautiful animation with witty silent comedy... Rated: 4/5 Jun 10, 2021 Full Review Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture A gloriously hand-animated existential fable that manages to be both genuinely sweet and thoroughly twisted. Jan 14, 2020 Full Review Kristy Puchko Pajiba That's a premise both ghastly and romantic. Yet, it's one we've seen again and again-though often with a lovable dog or a clever cat instead of a severed body part. Jan 11, 2020 Full Review Aaron Charles InSession Film What results is a film of incredible insight and beauty wrapped up in a somewhat gory and unnerving package. Rated: A May 1, 2024 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies An endearing meditation on physical and emotional displacement, childhood loss, and loneliness wrapped up in a beautiful animated style. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 22, 2022 Full Review Victor Pineyro Seventh Art Studio Art is rewarded by patience. I Lost My Body was the biggest surprise I got from a movie in 2019. It took me completely off-guard and made me feel stunned by the end. Beautiful animation, heart-gripping music. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 9/10 Jul 7, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sarfaraz A Jeremy Clapin co-wrote and directed this French animation drama, which is based on Guillaume Laurent's novel "Happy Hand" (who also co-wrote the screenplay). The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. Voiceovers by Hakim Faris, Victoire du Bois, and others. Dan Levy composed the mesmerizing and enchanting music score. The film is told in a non-linear format. A severed hand of Naoufel escapes from the medical lab and journeys to its owner. On the travel, it encounters rodents, pigeons, a drunk guy, a rapidly approaching subway train, insects, traffic, and so on. Meanwhile, the hand recalls memories of its owner from childhood to maturity, which are exhibited to the audience. The main story is around a young Moroccan boy named Naoufel who aspires to be an astronaut but also enjoys learning the piano from his mother. His parents are killed in a car accident, and Naoufel is transferred to live with his uncle and cousin in France, where he works as a pizza delivery guy. He is frequently chastised for causing damage to the pizza business, which has to provide free pizza as a result of his 20-minute late delivery owing to disturbance on the street, or vice versa. One such delivery to a young girl causes him to become captivated with the enchanting conversation over the intercom with the girl, whom he is unable to reach due to a malfunctioning intercom door. He pledges to meet her and get to know her by taking a job at her ailing uncle's abandoned workshop, where he loses his right hand to a wood cutting machine. The film kept me motionless from the outset. Its fascinating music score when memories are recalled transported me out of space. The story of a jinxed young man who lost his loving and caring parents and ended up with a demented relatives. For most of the film, I was hoping that the severed hand would be re-attached. Another notion occurred to me: perhaps the owner died as a result of this catastrophe, or after seeing the half-story, he committed suicide due to the loss of his love interest. However, the last act, in which the audience discovers that the tape has been overrun by new recordings, shows that he has given up on his past recollections. He leaps from skyscraper onto a crane, implying that he has come to terms with his new self. Even then, this isn't enough. What about Gabrielle, his love interest, who has returned to him? Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/29/25 Full Review Andrea M Anything said about this movie will be a spoiler. That said, I think the ending is classically French. Watch enough French movies and you’ll know what I mean. Tres decevant. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/25 Full Review Jay W "I Lost my Body" is split into two main stories. The one that gives the movie its title is about a disembodied hand that wanders around the city looking for its home. Along the way the hand is attacked by rats, pigeons and falls down a whole lot. The other story is a more run of the mill rom com set up. A pizza delivery boy hits it off with a girl while talking through an apartment building intercom. The boy then tracks down the girl to get to know her better and hijinks ensue. Starting with the hand story: It is difficult to root for the hand; it takes several falls but walks away unharmed. It made me think, is there anything that could actually hurt this hand? The hand also kills a bird and nest of eggs, so it isn't the most likable of protagonists. It is also unclear what the goal of the hand is. Is it trying to find its way back to its body? If that's the case, it could have been done a lot easier. What is sad about the movie is the part with the hand walking around like it's "Thing" from the Addams Family is the more unique and engaging part of the story. The story about the romance, is pretty frustrating and forgettable. It is the same dumb "our whole relationship is based on a lie" cliché that I am sick to death of seeing. But the reaction on this lie is likely the dumbest. Instead of being a pizza delivery boy, he says he's a sushi delivery boy. Oh no? And yes, I get the "message" the movie is going for. Its talks of destiny and trying to go a new path are not lost on me. But a good message does not a good movie make. This movie is well animated and unique in some ways. But on the other hand...its positives do not outweigh its negatives. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review Cristian s Una historia de superación, bastante plana pero que entretiene. Una animación bastante simple pero interesante, especialmente porque parece (en su mayoría) realizada a mano. Linda banda sonora que es bastante crucial en su desarrollo. Tiene algún concepto creepy (si, estoy hablando de cuando sigue a la chica) y resulta predecible en general. Esta bien pero no creo que sea para todo el mundo. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/12/24 Full Review Oaklee D A beautifully tragic film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/06/24 Full Review Ian W The story lines don't join up to the end. The hand roaming through Paris is plain silly (and boring). We're supposed to feel sorry for a stalker? You get locked up in this country for that sort of behaviour. I mean the film was "OK". But methinks a few critics fawned all over it and the pack followed suit. It's the Emperors New Clothes - but wait, get this suckers - it's animated AND in French. So it just has to be fantastic! Right? Err... No, not really. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.
Director
Jérémy Clapin
Producer
Marc du Pontavice
Screenwriter
Jérémy Clapin, Guillaume Laurant
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Xilam Animation, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Genre
Fantasy, Drama, Animation
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 15, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 29, 2019
Runtime
1h 21m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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