Seven years after the release of I Lost My Body (J’ai perdu mon corps, 2019), Afterworld Movie Nights sits down with Oscar-nominated French director Jérémy Clapin to revisit his remarkable animated feature and explore the ideas, memories, and creative instincts behind his work. Clapin also shares details about his next film, expected in three years, and gives us an early take on Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine.
What stays with us seven years after a film’s release? Can beauty come from accidents, or even from ugliness? And what can animation express that live-action cinema can’t?
From a severed hand roaming the streets of Paris to a makeshift igloo on a rooftop, I Lost My Body finds unexpected poetry in unlikely places. Our conversation explores the film’s relationship between beauty and imperfection, the creative possibilities of animation, and the artistic freedom that comes with embracing the unexpected.
We also go beyond the film with questions inspired by Proust’s famous questionnaire, touching on movies, art, personal memories, favorite sounds, and the images that stay with us.
A conversation about filmmaking, imagination, and the strange beauty of everyday life.
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