Short film

Detective Smiley & the Lost Friends

2025 · 30 min

A quiet, DIY-minded mystery that drifts between an investigator's search and a missing man's absence, feeling intimate and unsettled.

Overview: It's the story of Detective Smiley's latest investigation, but it's also the story of Elias Baucasse, a missing activist. A do-it-yourself epic in 2020s France.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, identity, isolation, politics
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
identity
isolation
politics
memory
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: mystery
Directed by: Antoine du Jeu
Written by: Antoine du Jeu
Starring: Annabelle Martella, Róisín Burns, Quentin Dolmaire, Kathrin Schweizer, Sarah-Megan Allouch, Lukas Dana
Cinematography: Tillyan Bourdon
Runtime: 30 min
Country: France
Languages: French