A germaphobe's worst nightmare becomes his wildest fever dream in technicolor.
Hypochondriac, germaphobe, and depressive, Jean-Marc Sumac leads a vacuum-packed life in a bland city. One morning, colorful imposters invade his neighborhood and steal his disinfectant. Determined to follow them, he will see his life changed forever.
Cinematography
Bleached-out reality explodes into deliberate, infectious color.
Production
The disinfectant as MacGuffin? Chef's kiss.
Acting
Ahmarani's physical comedy of neurosis is painfully precise.
Director
Zoé Pelchat-Ouellet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Québécois short emerged from a wave of surrealist indie filmmaking tackling mental health through absurdism rather than realism.
The title's 'mirages' aren't the imposters—they're Jean-Marc's rigid boundaries dissolving. The courtyard was always shared.
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