Vincent, a young Parisian uncomfortable with his appearance, installs a brain chip named Reality+ which allows users to see themselves and fellow users with their dream body. However, Reality+ only works over 12-hour intervals, proving infuriating for Vincent as he falls for Stella, another user.
Direction
Fargeat's surgical eye for body discomfort, years before Revenge
Acting
Colombe's physical transformation between Vincents is wordless devastation
Practical Effects
Seamless same-actor doubling that'll break your brain
Director
Coralie Fargeat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released two years before Black Mirror's 'San Junipero,' this French short anticipated our collective crisis over filtered reality and the gap between digital performance and physical existence.
Coralie Fargeat expanded these themes into her 2017 feature Revenge, making Reality+ her calling card for exploring bodies as battlegrounds.
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