A boy's dad works with aliens—except he doesn't, and childhood innocence crashes hard.
Acting
Georges Du Fresne's heartbreaking restraint, never showy.
Direction
Kané lets silence do the heavy lifting.
Director
Pascal Kané
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 90s French cinema obsessed with childhood subjectivity—think Ponette but with aliens.
The film deliberately never shows us 'the truth' about the father, forcing us into Angelo's unreliable perspective.
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