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* ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree: At the start, Naoufel is a pizza delivery driver, whose policy is if it's 20 minutes late, it's free.
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* BeautifulDreamer: Is a bit bizarre that a severed hand is "lovingly" watching its body's paramour sleep in its former owner's bed, but I guess it counts.
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Gigi is ill with some unspecified illness, which apparently is rather serious, it's only shown to the audience via him coughing occasionally.
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* YouDirtyRat: The rats in the Metro as at first presented as curious and interested in the tomato sauce the hand accidentally has covered itself with. However, after a curious nibble, the hand is soon chased by several vicious rats intent on ripping it apart.
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* AllThereInTheScript: While Naoufel's hand goes nameless in the film, the screenplay gives [[SamusIsAGirl her]] the name [[ADateWithRosiePalms Rosalie]].
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* AllThereInTheScript: While Naoufel's hand goes nameless in the film, the screenplay gives [[SamusIsAGirl her]] the name [[ADateWithRosiePalms Rosalie]].Rosalie.
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* BodyHorror: It's a cut hand. It comes to life in a fridge full of [[EyeScream eyes (one of which is soon crushed under a foot)]]. Then there is a lot of foreshadowing on how it was cut.
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* MonochromePast: The flashbacks to Naoufel's early life are in black and white.
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In a French hospital, a hand comes to life. It moves and stealthily navigates though Paris, facing mundane dangers such as being eaten by rats, as it tries to return to its former owner, a young Moroccan-French man named Naoufel. The hand's dreamy journey is interspersed with flashbacks of Naoufel's life, from his happy childhood in Morocco, to his young adulthood in France after the death of his parents in an accident, and his odd romance of sorts with a young librarian named Gabrielle.
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In a French hospital, a hand comes to life. It moves and stealthily navigates though Paris, facing mundane dangers such as being eaten by rats, as it tries to return to its former owner, a young Moroccan-French man named Naoufel. The hand's dangerous yet dreamy journey is interspersed with flashbacks of Naoufel's life, from his happy childhood in Morocco, Morocco to his young adulthood in France after the death of his parents in an accident, accident and his odd romance of sorts with a young librarian named Gabrielle.
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* TragicKeepsake: The recorder, where Naoufel keeps recordings of his parents. [[spoiler:He leaves it behind after deciding to obtain a new lease on life.]]
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In a French hospital, a hand comes to life. It moves and stealthily navigates though Paris, facing mundane dangers such as being eaten by rats. Meanwhile many flashbacks show us the life of its former owner, Naoufel (quite often from the point of view of his right hand).
Naoufel is a young man of Moroccan origin. As a kid he played the piano and wanted to become an astronaut. He lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner.
Since Naoufel's life is all learned through flashbacks, this description is deliberately brief. Also many of the tropes below are spoilers.
Naoufel is a young man of Moroccan origin. As a kid he played the piano and wanted to become an astronaut. He lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner.
Since Naoufel's life is all learned through flashbacks, this description is deliberately brief. Also many of the tropes below are spoilers.
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In a French hospital, a hand comes to life. It moves and stealthily navigates though Paris, facing mundane dangers such as being eaten by rats. Meanwhile many flashbacks show us the life of rats, as it tries to return to its former owner, Naoufel (quite often from the point of view of his right hand).
Naoufel isa young Moroccan-French man named Naoufel. The hand's dreamy journey is interspersed with flashbacks of Moroccan origin. As a kid he played Naoufel's life, from his happy childhood in Morocco, to his young adulthood in France after the piano and wanted to become an astronaut. He lost death of his parents in a car accident. One day he meets an accident, and his odd romance of sorts with a young woman librarian named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner.
Since Naoufel's life is all learned through flashbacks, this description is deliberately brief. Also many of the tropes below are spoilers.
Gabrielle.
Naoufel is
Since Naoufel's life is all learned through flashbacks, this description is deliberately brief. Also many of the tropes below are spoilers.
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* BodyHorror: It's a cut hand. It comes to life in a fridge full of [[EyeScream eyes (one of which is soon crushed under a foot)]]. Then there is a lot of foreshadowing on how it was cut. See Fingore.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:At least Naoufel is probably alive, but he has disappeared.]]
** Might cross into BittersweetEnding when you consider [[spoiler: that earlier in the movie, Naoufel described jumping from the rooftop to the crane as one of the ways you can defy fate and circumvent the illusion of free will. After a life of being thrown around, accident after accident, making that jump must have felt like taking his life in his hand again.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:At least Naoufel is probably alive, but he has disappeared.]]
** Might cross into BittersweetEnding when you consider [[spoiler: that earlier in the movie, Naoufel described jumping from the rooftop to the crane as one of the ways you can defy fate and circumvent the illusion of free will. After a life of being thrown around, accident after accident, making that jump must have felt like taking his life in his hand again.]]
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* AnArmAndALeg: Naoufel losing his hand is shown.
* BittersweetEnding: Naoufel [[spoiler:is implied to have left his old life (and his hand) behind. But he jumped from the rooftop to the crane, which he had earlier described as one of the ways you can defy fate and circumvent the illusion of free will. After a life of being thrown around, accident after accident, making that jump must have felt like taking his life in his hand again.]]
* BodyHorror: It's a cut hand. It comes to life in a fridge full of [[EyeScream eyes (one of which is soon crushed under a foot)]]. Then there is a lot of foreshadowing on how it was cut. See Fingore.\n* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:At least Naoufel is probably alive, but he has disappeared.]]\n** Might cross into BittersweetEnding when you consider [[spoiler: that earlier in the movie, Naoufel described jumping from the rooftop to the crane as one of the ways you can defy fate and circumvent the illusion of free will. After a life of being thrown around, accident after accident, making that jump must have felt like taking his life in his hand again.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Naoufel [[spoiler:is implied to have left his old life (and his hand) behind. But he jumped from the rooftop to the crane, which he had earlier described as one of the ways you can defy fate and circumvent the illusion of free will. After a life of being thrown around, accident after accident, making that jump must have felt like taking his life in his hand again.]]
* BodyHorror: It's a cut hand. It comes to life in a fridge full of [[EyeScream eyes (one of which is soon crushed under a foot)]]. Then there is a lot of foreshadowing on how it was cut.
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* HotLibrarian: Averted. Gabrielle works in a library and Naoufel has a crush on her, but she is not [[GenericCuteness characterized as attractive]] and the film doesn't play with this.
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* HotLibrarian: Averted. Gabrielle works in a library and GrandRomanticGesture: Following their conversation about the North Pole, Naoufel has builds a crush wooden igloo on her, but a roof for Gabrielle. However, the gesture goes awry when she is not [[GenericCuteness characterized as attractive]] and realizes [[StalkerWithACrush how the film doesn't play with this.two of them had gotten close to begin with]].
* ScrewDestiny: Naoufel says one can do this by taking an unexpected choice. [[spoiler:He is later implied to have done this by jumping onto the crane from the roof.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Naoufel says one can do this by taking an unexpected choice. [[spoiler:He is later implied to have done this by jumping onto the crane from the roof.]]
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Naoufel is a young man of Maroccan origin. As a kid he played the piano and wanted to become an astronaut. He lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner.
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Naoufel is a young man of Maroccan Moroccan origin. As a kid he played the piano and wanted to become an astronaut. He lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner.
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* AllThereInTheScript: While Naoufel's hand goes nameless in the film, the screenplay gives [[SamusIsAGirl her]] the name Rosalie.
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* AllThereInTheScript: While Naoufel's hand goes nameless in the film, the screenplay gives [[SamusIsAGirl her]] the name Rosalie.[[ADateWithRosiePalms Rosalie]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: We know from the start that Naoufel is going to lose his right hand. [[spoiler:He works in a carpenter's workshop with [[ChekhovsGun mechanical saws]] and is super distracted and multitasking all the time.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: We know from the start that Naoufel is going to lose his right hand. [[spoiler:He [[spoiler:The film opens with Naoufel being taught how to properly swipe at flies. He works in a carpenter's workshop with [[ChekhovsGun mechanical saws]] and is super distracted and multitasking all the time.]]
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The screenplay is available to download legally. The hand is named Rosalie, and is a girl. The soundtrack even has a track named Rosalie.
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** Might cross into BittersweetEnding when you consider [[spoiler: that earlier in the movie, Naoufel described jumping from the rooftop to the crane as one of the ways you can defy fate and circumvent the illusion of free will. After a life of being thrown around, accident after accident, making that jump must have felt like taking his life in his hand again.]]
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* ShoutOut: In a flashback, Naoufel's dad is shown to sing a song by Music/GeorgesBrassens, while playing the guitar and wearing a mock mustache.
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* ShowDontTell: This film manages to make much exposition with few words. In fact the hand coming to life may not be real, just a device for telling a story.
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* HotLibrarian: Averted. Gabrielle works in a library and Naoufel has a crush on her, but she is not characterized as attractive and the film doesn't play with this.
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Naoufel is a young man of Maroccan origin. As a kid he played the piano and wanted to become an astronaut. He lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner. (Since Naoufel's life is all learned through flashbacks, this description is deliberately brief).
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Naoufel is a young man of Maroccan origin. As a kid he played the piano and wanted to become an astronaut. He lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner. (Since
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* {{Fingore}}: This hand is often hit or bitten or falls from high. It must hurt.
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* {{Fingore}}: This The hand is often hit or bitten or falls from high. It must hurt.
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Naoufel is a young man of Maroccan origin who origin. As a kid he played the piano and wanted to become an astronaut. He lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner. (Since Naoufel's life is all learned through flashbacks, this description is deliberately brief).
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* BodyHorror: It's a cut hand. It comes to life in a fridge full of [[EyeScream eyes (one of which is soon crushed under a foot).foot)]]. Then there is a lot of foreshadowing on how it was cut. See Fingore.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Naoufel isn't good at focusing one one thing. He is always multitasking and failing at small things.
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''I Lost My Body'' (French: ''J'ai perdu mon corps'') is a 2019 French animated film directed by Jérémy Clapin. It is based on the novel ''Happy Hand'' by Guillaume Laurant.
In a French hospital, a hand comes to life. It moves and stealthily navigates though Paris, facing mundane dangers such as being eaten by rats. Meanwhile many flashbacks show us the life of its former owner, Naoufel (quite often from the point of view of his right hand).
Naoufel is a young man of Maroccan origin who lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner. (Since Naoufel's life is all learned through flashbacks, this description is deliberately brief).
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!!''I Lost My Body'' provides examples of:
* BodyHorror
* DownerEnding
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In a French hospital, a hand comes to life. It moves and stealthily navigates though Paris, facing mundane dangers such as being eaten by rats. Meanwhile many flashbacks show us the life of its former owner, Naoufel (quite often from the point of view of his right hand).
Naoufel is a young man of Maroccan origin who lost his parents in a car accident. One day he meets a young woman named Gabrielle. He likes her but acts in a weird manner. (Since Naoufel's life is all learned through flashbacks, this description is deliberately brief).
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!!''I Lost My Body'' provides examples of:
* BodyHorror
* DownerEnding
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