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I Lost My Body (2019)

I Lost My Body poster
Original title
J'ai perdu mon corps
Directed by
Jérémy Clapin
Genre
comedy drama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
9
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 1,344 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A severed hand escapes from a laboratory and travels across Paris. It remembers the life of its owner, a young man who lost it in an accident and who fell in love with a woman.

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What happens

I Lost My Body (French: J'ai perdu mon corps) is a 2019 French adult animated fantasy drama film directed by Jérémy Clapin, based on the novel Happy Hand by Guillaume Laurant. It premiered in the Critics' Week section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Nespresso Grand Prize, becoming the first animated film to do so in the section's history. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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