Overview
- The film took Best Live Action Short at the 98th Academy Awards in a rare tie with the American short The Singers, marking just the seventh Oscars tie since 1929.
- Directed by Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh, the black-and-white dystopian fable is set in Paris’s Galeries Lafayette, where kissing is banned and slaps function as currency.
- The short amassed about twenty awards after a 2024 Telluride selection, including the AFI jury grand prize and the Clermont-Ferrand audience award, with executive-producer support from Isabelle Huppert and Julianne Moore.
- Zar Amir Ebrahimi stars alongside Luàna Bajrami, with Ebrahimi’s Cannes-honored profile drawing added attention to the project.
- The film is streaming on Canal+, and the directors are developing a feature-length adaptation targeted for 2027.