Rating: 15/20
Plot: A disembodied hand tries to return to its owner.
The feature-length debut of Jeremy Clapin, this French cartoon is really inventive and continuously surprising. It intersects the story of an orphan who falls in love with a voice and this disembodied hand on a dangerous adventure to try to find the arm it was once attached to. The stories intersect almost exactly how you figure they will. In fact, they intersect in a way that I really hoped they wouldn't. But it's still satisfying because Clapin knows exactly how to bring these images together visually to give them a poignancy.
Clapin really takes advantage of the capabilities animation gives him. There are lots of really beautiful moments here, and the parts seen from the perspective of the hand are always fun. So much of the poignancy of the story depends on the little details, and Clapin knows how to have you focus on and appreciate those details without making it feel like he's forcing something on you.
This smart animated feature gives you time to reflect and has a handful of thrilling action sequences. Recommended if you like French cartoons!
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