Short film
The Shedding
2026 · 25 min
A tense, unsettling spiral into obsession on a film set where reality blurs, leaving you uneasy and captivated.
- Directed by
- Benjamin Lussier
- Genres
- Thriller, Romance, Horror
- Starring
- Mickaël Gouin, Francis Ducharme, Catherine Brunet
- Tagline
- Shedding comes with a loss.
- Overview
- When his lover, a rising actor, leaves him for his own stand-in, Jean spirals into doubt and obsession. Caught between dream and reality, on a chaotic film set where everything is an illusion, he embarks on a troubling quest. Must he reinvent himself to win him back, or risk losing himself entirely?
- How it feels
- Tense, eerie, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Obsession, identity, love, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Benjamin Lussier
- Genres
- Thriller, Romance, Horror
- Starring
- Mickaël Gouin, Francis Ducharme, Catherine Brunet
