The Great Malaise (2019)

Original title

Le mal du siècle

Directed by

Catherine Lepage

Genre

animation

Country

Canada

Runtime

5 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short animated film about a woman who describes her personality and dreams. As she talks, her confidence fades and her anxieties and self-doubts become clearer.

meditativeintrospectivemelancholicgentlevulnerablepersonalreflectivequietcontemplative

What happens

The Great Malaise (French: Le Mal du siècle) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Catherine Lepage and released in 2019. A meditation on depression and anxiety, the film centres on a woman (Miranda Handford in English, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé in French) describing her personality and hopes and dreams, initially in positive terms but becoming more tentative and uncertain as her anxieties and self-doubts emerge. The film premiered at the 2019 Sommets du cinéma d'animation, where it received an honorable mention in the category for Best Canadian Film. The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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