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Hermes Party for "Happy Hand" by Hilton McConnico

Paul Blackthorne, Sasha Alexander, and Oded Fehr

Sept 19, 2002

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Pour son premier long métrage, Jérémy Clapin adapte le roman “Happy hand” de Guillaume Laurant connu pour ses collaborations avec Jean-Pierre Jeunet entre autres. Le film débute en suivant le destin d’une main qui s’échappe d’un frigo, en quête probablement de ce corps, qu’elle a perdu. Et ces séquences s’alternent avec la vie de Naoufel, un jeune garçon instruit et curieux. Le film prend le contrepied (ou ici la contremain?) du livre en ne dévoilant pas tout d’emblée. La découverte se fait intelligemment au fur et à mesure, au gré des pérégrinations improbables de cette main, de ses souvenirs et de ceux de Naoufel, par le biais des différents sens. Clapin parvient avec beaucoup d’ingéniosité à nous impliquer dans la “vie” de la main et on arrive même à passer outre le fait qu’elle ne devrait pas “voir”. On a peur avec elle, on ressent son bien être. Pour Naoufel, on ne découvre pas tout de façon chronologique, ou du moins il y a un trou entre l’enfance et l’âge adulte qui ne sera expliqué que tardivement dans le film. Pour lui, évidemment, les sens impliqués sont plus variés que ceux de la main, puisqu’il est entier et on le verra évoluer plus autour du son au départ: enfant, il aimait enregistrer des tas de choses sur son magnétophone, notamment sa mère pianiste; jeune adulte, il tombe amoureux d’une voix à un interphone. L’histoire est chouette, ses deux héros attachants et pour ne rien gâcher le graphisme - combinaison de 2D et 3D - est très joli et la musique de Dan Lévy (The Dø) en phase avec l’ensemble.

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I Lost My Body (2019)

I Lost My Body (or J’ai perdu mon corps as it’s titled in France) ends on a strange and unexpected note. At first, I didn’t know what to make of it. Haven given it some thought, I do now. In fact, I’m not sure why I didn’t see it before. It’s a weird story that you’re not supposed to take a face value. Don’t look at it as a severed hand's adventure as it looks for its owner. Look at the titular body. What did it REALLY lose? How does that loss ultimately affect them?

Told partially in flashback (I'd say 62-38), we follow a severed hand as it begins searching for its owner. The missing limb belongs to Naoufel (voiced by  Hakim Faris), a young pizza delivery man who has an unexpected encounter with Gabrielle (voiced by Victoire Du Bois) over her apartment’s intercom.

So… what is this? A horror movie? A love story? A mystery? A bit of all three, actually. That, and more. When we’re following the hand, you’re reminded of a prison escape brought to life by animators at their best. Our protagonist is nothing but five digits and a palm. Despite this, we get a full range of emotions from it. The ways the fingers fold, the direction in which the stump of a wrist leans, the way the hand skitters on the floor or hesitates tells you so much. Think about what an achievement this is. The character has no voice, no eyes, not even a face and yet it has a complete, emotional story. You’ve got no idea where this is is going or how it ties to Naoufel’s story. You’ll be so busy trying to connect the dots you might even miss the complexity and sophistication of the visuals.

When you’re not being reminded of the Addams family’s Thing, we see something completely different. A sweet story about a young man who suffered a life-altering tragedy, has been going nowhere since, and suddenly finds a reason to do more. You like him. You like her. You want to see them together. Is a happy couple the picture's ultimate destination? That severed hand strongly hints at a no… so what is this story about, if not the two of them? It's about a personal journey and the conclusion is more emotional and grounded than you'd ever expect from the introduction.

I’m glad I decided to sit down and think about I Lost My Body. Initially, I saw it as good but assumed it was selected as one of the year's best animated movies because the list of contenders is always sparse. Now, I see it as a film that’s above the other children-oriented pictures it’s pitted against. This is not a story for children because of the content but also because of the sophisticated themes and emotions. The movie says a lot about its protagonist, which is ironic considering a significant portion of it features no dialogue whatsoever. (Original French Dub, February 3, 2020)

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I Lost My Body Trailer

What if the hand from Evil Dead or Idle Hands was as nice as Thing?

Jérémy Clapin’s I Lost My Body follows a severed hand after it escapes a laboratory in Paris as it tries to reconnect with its body. “During a hair-raising escapade across the city, the extremity fends off pigeons and rats alike to reunite with pizza boy Naoufel. Its memories of Naoufel and his love for librarian Gabrielle may provide answers about what caused the hand's separation, and a poetic backdrop for a possible reunion between the three.” The film is based on Guillaume Laurant’s Happy Hand.

I Lost My Body hits select  theaters on November 15, 2019, and Netflix on November 29, 2019.

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I Lost My BodyI Lost My Body official trailer released

I Lost My BodyI Lost My Body official trailer released

In a Parisian laboratory, a severed hand escapes its unhappy fate and sets out to reconnect with its body. During a hair-raising escapade across the city, the extremity fends off pigeons and rats alike to reunite with pizza boy Naoufel.

Its memories of Naoufel and his love for librarian Gabrielle may provide answers about what caused the hand’s separation, and a poetic backdrop for a possible…

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Sport e disabilità, un weekend di appuntamenti a San Benedetto del Tr. (Ap)

Sport e disabilità, un weekend di appuntamenti a San Benedetto del Tr. (Ap) #sportdisabile #sportdisabili #Fish #HappyHand #italiaccessibile

Happy Hand San Benedetto del Tronto

Sabato 9 e domenica 10 aprile, al Centro Commerciale PortoGrande di San Benedetto del Tronto (Ap),  arriva il ciclo di eventi nazionale denominato Happy Hand in Tour, voluto dalla Società IGD (Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione), dalla FISH (Federazione Italiana per il Superamento dell’Handicap) e dal CIP (Comitato Italiano Paralimpico), insieme a COOP e…

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egg whites.

never underestimate the power of homeopathic remedies. You learn that living in a hippie town.