I Lost My Body
2019 · Movie · 81 min
★ 7.5(1,336)unSUB Rating
An intimate romance unfolds alongside a surreal, separate journey: a young man loves a woman, while a severed hand escapes a lab and sets out to find its body again. The story moves between longing, memory, and determination as both threads chase what’s missing.
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Details
- Original title
- J'ai perdu mon corps
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-11-06
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.5/10 (1,336 votes)
About
If you like The Red Turtle or Stranger by the Lake for their poetic, emotional atmosphere, you may enjoy this—Not for you if graphic images or slow, melancholic pacing aren’t your thing.
Pros: emotional animated tale; stunning visuals; inventive storytelling | Cons: mature graphic scenes; slow pacing; some unclear beats
Themes
- based on novel or book
- cartoon
- surrealism
- flashback
- adult animation
- severed hand
- pizza delivery boy
- crawling hand
- librarian
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Music Written for a Film · 2020
- César Award — Best Animated Film · 2020
- Lumière Award — Best Animated Film · 2020
- Annecy Cristal — a Feature Film · 2019
- Academy Award — Best Animated Feature · 2019 · nominated
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- Critics' Choice Movie Award — Best Animated Feature · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Animated Feature Film · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
Hakim Faris
as Naoufel (voice)
Victoire du Bois
as Gabrielle (voice)
Patrick d'Assumçao
as Gigi (voice)
- AA
Alfonso Arfi
as Young Naoufel (voice)
Hichem Mesbah
as The Father (voice)
- ML
Myriam Loucif
as The Mother (voice)
Bellamine Abdelmalek
as Raouf (voice)
Maud Le Guénédal
as Librarian (voice)
- NF
Nicole Favart
as Mrs. Lussac (voice)
Quentin Baillot
as Manager Fast Pizza (voice)
Directed by Jérémy Clapin