What if Death had mommy issues? This 8-minute gut-punch dares to ask.
An emotional and generational conflict between mother and son in the twenty-first century, except for one detail: Mother is none other than death.
Direction
Lebègue packs a feature's worth of emotion into 8 minutes.
Director
Gaëlle Lebègue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
French animation shorts from this era frequently personified abstract concepts to explore family dynamics — this is among the most effective.
The title 'Mortys' plays on 'mort' (death in French) and the diminutive, creating immediate tonal dissonance that the film exploits masterfully.
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