After Les Fleurs magiques, Jean-Marc Vallée continues his exploration of alcoholism and father-son relationships with this haunting short film. A young man visits his father as Christmas approaches to express everything he has never been able to say to him: his childhood suffering caused by the lack of consideration, love, and communication from an alcoholic and violent father. But as he prepares to open his heart, his imagination suddenly overwhelms him with thoughts, fantasies, and even inner nightmares, making it impossible to find those magic words... Adopting a cyclical narrative structure, which presents multiple versions fantasized by the protagonist of the confession scene, the filmmaker explores with finesse and sensitivity the difficulties of communication between a son and his father.

Clémentine Mascotto