I Lost My Body

The story lines don't join up to the end. The hand roaming through Paris is plain silly (and boring). We're supposed to feel sorry for a stalker? You get locked up in this country for that sort of behaviour. I mean the film was "OK". But methinks a few critics fawned all over it and the pack followed suit. It's the Emperors New Clothes - but wait, get this suckers - it's animated AND in French. So it just has to be fantastic! Right? Err... No, not really.

Original and captivating. Great animation! Wonderful movie!

Really beautiful and sad French anime. Must.

Ich habe meinen Körper verloren, ist ein Animationsfilm von Jérémy Clapin. Die Geschichte ist eine freie Verfilmung des Romans Happy Hand von Guillaume Laurant. Die Handlung erzählt von einer abgetrennten Hand, die aus der Pathologie flieht und entschlossen ist, ihren Körper wiederzufinden… Der Film besitzt zwei parallele Handlungsstränge, die sich geschickt und gekonnt ergänzen… Ich bin völlig ergriffen, wie schön, zugleich rührend und emotional uns die Geschichte erzählt wird… Die Animation wird mit ausgezeichneter Musik (von Dan Levy) und mit passenden Songs untermalt, dadurch entsteht eine einmalige Dramaturgie. Ich habe meinen Körper verloren, ist ein qualitativ hochwertiger Film und ist in jeder Hinsicht sehenswert.

I love the way this movie looks and sounds. The story is pretty good, but it's hard not to get frustrated with the stupidity of the the lead character at times, as well as his creepy stalker qualities. All he had to do was never mention that pizza delivery and he would have been fine.

Another romanticized stalker creep story. If you thought this is love, ask yourself if you are a stalker or have a thing for stalkers

An actual masterpiece

One of those movies that purposely want to hit your unconscious. It has to be watched properly

French film that is made accessible internationally through Netflix. I found myself so emotionally invested in this film: a romantic, sad and macabre film all at once. The theme of loss is really strong, and interesting the way the film flips this on its head to explore loss through the limb that is separated. The score is haunting and beautiful. A really good watch.

The French film I Lost my Body, takes you through a wild ride of emotions and suspense challenging what fate is, and if or if not, it is real. Throughout the animated film directed by Jeremy Clapin you follow two different perspectives, one of a severed hand indescribably named Rosalie who faces difficulty getting to where she wants to get, and the other of the orphaned kid of the severed hand named Naoufel. After first seeing the memory of Naoufel's life as a child the film transitions to Rosalie breaking out of her containment. From seeing her escape, you quickly can see how she is disconnected from society and is similar with Naoufel who loves "nothing," in a figurative way. Clapin shows the connection with Rosalie and Naoufel with the scene of Rosalie being mesmerized by a blind man's piano playing while trying to escape his apartment. The scene transitions to a desired memory of Naoufel playing the piano in front of a crowed. Clapin helps tell the story through his use of repetition and the use of hardships both the Rosalie and Naoufel had to face throughout their adventure. For example, in the beginning you see Naoufel playing with an astronaut, then later in the film you see an astronaut holding a white flag in the eyes of Rosalie as if it is trying to tell Rosalie to give up. He also uses a fly which gives the impression of foreshadowing that something bad is about to happen. Progressing to the following Naoufel you understand the struggle he goes through with being an orphaned child and still feeling like he has not found what he truly wants. Until he finds himself falling in love with a girl by the name of Gabrielle just over the intercom after he failed a pizza delivery for her. He finds himself then following her which ends up hurting himself. In the end Naoufel propels himself across a building onto a crane looking over seeing "nothing," but the horizon. He realizes what his fate is and why he is alive. So, that leaves the question, "do you believe in fate?"