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  1. Nov 15, 2019 · ‘I Lost My Body’ Review: This Poetic Fable About a Severed Hand Is the Best Animated Film of the Year

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    • The Ending: “Embracing The Uncertainties”

    ‘I Lost My Body’ follows two parallel narratives. In one of these, it follows the journey of a dismembered hand that travels through the unforgiving streets of Paris, to trace its rightful owner. Meanwhile, in the form of flashbacks of the hand, another story begins to unfold where a young boy named Naoufel struggles to find his life’s purpose, as ...

    For the most part, ‘I Lost My Body’ unfolds its storyline from the perspective of a disjointed hand which makes it the protagonist of the film, in one way or the other. The hand, without having any comical human traits of its own, somehow becomes a character in itself. From the very beginning of the film, it feels lost in a harrowing world where it...

    From the very first scene, a housefly seems to follow the main character all the time. Especially during the most defining moments of his life, the fly somehow seems to be around in one way or the other. Each of these expounding moments leads him to a future that is destined for him. From the time he ends up losing his parents in a car accident to ...

    In the final moments of ‘I Lost My Body’, the hand does find its way back to Naoufel, but it still struggles to re-attach itself with its owner. Meanwhile, Naoufel gets rejected by Gabriel and is again forced to drift back to the toxic memories of his past which force to him believe that his life is not under his control. Halfway through the film, ...

  2. “I Lost My Body” is an animated film from France. This film was simply beautiful! The story and animation blew me away, I didn’t expect this film to hit me in the feels the way it did. Also, the soundtrack might be the best of the year, the score along with the animation went well together.

  3. Nov 30, 2019 · Jérémy Clapin’s animated directorial debut, now streaming on Netflix, follows the adventures of an autonomous severed hand crawling through Paris, and explores the backstory of the young man ...

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  4. Nov 14, 2019 · Review: ‘I Lost My Bodydoesnt have a conventional bone in its body. As inventive a piece of animation as you’re likely to see, the extraordinary “I Lost My Body” is about a hand...

  5. An endearing meditation on physical and emotional displacement, childhood loss, and loneliness wrapped up in a beautiful animated style. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 22, 2022. Victor...

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  7. Oct 18, 2019 · With a pitch-perfect pace and a brisk 80-minute runtime, I Lost My Body is a painfully realistic and often macabre slice-of-life exploration of loss and a pursuit of feeling whole, as well as...

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