Underplayed Gems

Towards Tenderness (2016)

Towards Tenderness poster
Original title
Vers la tendresse
Directed by
Alice Diop
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
38 min
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More films like this

How it feels

The filmmaker interviews young men from the suburbs of Paris about their experiences with love and intimacy. They talk about relationships, masculinity, and vulnerability.

intimateobservationalcontemplativesubtlesincerereflectiverawtender

What happens

Vers la tendresse est un documentaire français de Alice Diop de 2016, moyen métrage d'une durée de 38 minutes. Il obtient le César 2017 du Meilleur court métrage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.