Diplodocus

A heavy, intimate plunge into a father's raw grief, unfolding in real time with unflinching emotional honesty.

Directed by

Gastón Rodríguez

Starring

Aurelie Aloy, Cédrik Belabbas, Alexandre Moxhet

Overview

During a beach outing with a youth group, tragedy strikes when a young boy drowns due to a monitor’s oversight. Antoine, the grieving father, faces an agonizing decision: he has just eight hours to sign his son’s death certificate and confront the devastating truth of his loss. As time ticks away, he wrestles with overwhelming grief, guilt, and a battle between forgiveness and hatred, struggling to find a way forward in the face of unimaginable pain.

How it feels

Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Grief, guilt, death, parenthood

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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