Short film

Les tremblements

2025 · 37 min

A quiet, suffocating watch that sits with a family's unspoken grief in close, patient detail.

Overview: Three brothers meet to go to the bedside of their sick mother. While she is dying, her husband and sons will try to survive her. As best they can, the father organizes daily life in silent distress while his sons do not know how to cope with the approaching death.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Death, grief, family, parenthood
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Full breakdown

Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
grief
family
parenthood
isolation
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none