Your wife becomes a deer. The real problem? What will the neighbors think?
Too busy with their farming activities, Joseph and Monique no longer love each other. But one September morning, just as the potato harvest was about to begin, Monique turned into a deer. Monique is not particularly bothered by this. However, Joseph fears the gaze of others and refuses to let Monique show herself. He promises to find a solution. But neither the doctor nor the church can help him. In fact, they don't really see a problem with Monique...
Acting
Hammenecker's exhausted desperation is perfection
Direction
Chemin lets absurdity breathe
Practical Effects
The deer transformation: understated, magical
Director
Damien Chemin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Damien Chemin made this as his graduation film from INSAS, Belgium's prestigious film school. Zero budget, maximum atmosphere.
This belongs to a wave of 'Belgian surrealism' that treats the fantastic as mundane bureaucracy—think Roy Andersson by way of Wes Anderson's depressed cousin.
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