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
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.
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)
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