On November 6, the animated film I lost my bodyselected in 2020 for the Oscars in Hollywood, was uploaded to Netflix. The opportunity for many subscribers to the streaming platform to (re)discover this cinematographic nuggetreleased in 2019, which made an impression during the Annecy Festival. It’s about first feature film by Jeremy Clapinbut also an adaptation of the literary work happy hand, written by Guillaume Laurant. The latter is particularly known to the general public for having been a screenwriter on the film The fabulous destiny of Amelie Poulain. A daring bet, this animated feature film – filled with poetry – has been developed for six long years, and it seems that the work has paid off, if we are to believe the Internet users who have just discovered it.“Masterpiece”, “poetic”… On Twitter, the qualifiers used are laudatory.
Internet users conquered: “It’s art with a capital A”
Some of the viewer comments spotted on Twitter include the following: “Too well done. I cried all morning and made a lot of stuff, and basically, long live French animation”, “Are we talking about this little nugget on Netflix? How many metaphors“, “I watched I lost my body on Netflix. The poetic story of an innocent hand. Really better than some big movies”, “what an amazing movie, French moreover. I loved ! I recommend it to you” or “Thank you to the whole team for this wonderful tale. Long live French cinema, and above all, long live its animation cinema.” At the same time, a netizen mentioned “a master class”while another user of the social network alluded to a “masterpiece”a “brilliantly directed cartoon”. And another to abound: “It’s moody, gray and poetic, in short, it’s art with a capital A.”
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The protagonist, a boy damaged by life
Spectators are offered I lost my body to discover the daily life of Naoufel (voiced by Hakim Faris). Damaged by life, the young man dreamed of being a pianist and an astronaut when he was a child. His parents died in a road accident and he lives in the French capital, in the very small apartment of an unloving family. One day, while delivering pizzas, he goes fall in love with a young librarian, named Gabrielle and voiced by Victoire Du Bois. But, touched once again by bad luck, one day he will lose a hand cutting wood with a bandsaw…
I lost my body (Jérémy Clapin, 2019) too much. good. damn. I cried all morning and realized a lot of stuff and basically long live French animation pic.twitter.com/z5GRd6yMiO
Thank you Marc du Pontavice, thank you Jérémy Clapin, thank you to the whole team for this wonderful tale that is I lost my body. Long live French cinema, and above all long live its animated cinema. pic.twitter.com/QrHRVszSQD
I Lost My Body is available on Netflix. Masterpiece this DA, with the brilliant staging. Recounts in parallel the quest of a hand to find her body and the story of the boy to whom she belongs.
Watch “J’ai Perdu Mon Corps” on Netflix, it’s a French animated film of an unnamed masterclass It’s morose, gray and poetic, in short, it’s Art with a capital A
