Overview
A surreal journey of a severed hand seeking its lost body amidst the streets of Paris.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- poetic
- melancholic
- macabre
- quiet evening
- arthouse movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as an unusually original, macabre, and poetic animated drama with strong emotional resonance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The severed hand independently navigates Paris while seeking reunion with Naoufel, turning physical separation into the film's central narrative engine.
The crawling hand confronts pigeons, rats, and bodily danger, yet the story remains poetic and focused on love, memory, and longing.
The hand's journey is interwoven with flashbacks to Naoufel's life and his developing relationship with Gabrielle.
The hand crawls through a detailed Parisian environment, with concrete textures and bodily movement contrasting against the surreal premise.
Films like I Lost My Body, and why
The Red Turtle
surreal animation, emotional loss, and lyrical fantasy grounded in human relationships
The Science of Sleep
adult animated storytelling, melancholy romance, and inventive visual metaphors
A Silent Voice
poetic animation, coming-of-age emotion, and bittersweet fantasy
The Corpse Bride
macabre whimsy, tactile animation, and themes of grief and connection
Movie Details
- Director
- Jérémy Clapin
- Release Date
- 2019-11-06
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (1373)
Cast
- Hakim Faris
- Victoire du Bois
- Patrick d'Assumçao
- Alfonso Arfi
- Hichem Mesbah
- Myriam Loucif
- Bellamine Abdelmalek
- Maud Le Guénédal
- Nicole Favart
- Quentin Baillot
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Lost My Body about?
- A severed hand crosses a perilous Parisian landscape in search of its owner, carrying a young man's memories of grief, love, and lost wholeness.
- What is I Lost My Body like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Lost My Body as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is I Lost My Body violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in I Lost My Body as mild.
- What did critics think of I Lost My Body?
- Critics broadly praised the film as an unusually original, macabre, and poetic animated drama with strong emotional resonance.
- Which films are like I Lost My Body?
- Films with a similar feel include The Red Turtle, The Science of Sleep, A Silent Voice, and The Corpse Bride.
- How long is I Lost My Body?
- I Lost My Body runs 81 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Lost My Body?
- In United States, I Lost My Body streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
