Fauve

One might interpret Jérémy Comte's Academy Award-nominated "Fauve" as a look at the contrast between modern civilization and nature, as the boys - used to their modern world - venture into a situation that they don't understand and see the unpleasant truth that the natural world doesn't care about humans. Sometimes you just have to remember to be careful.

It's an unpleasant short to watch, but it's definitely something that could happen in real life. A truly harsh world out there.

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Very well made short with some great performances by the child actors! Despite the tragic content I couldn't stop thinking about how as a child I was terrified by quicksand and how I never encountered it in my entire life.

Adventures in childhood stimulate creativity and imagination. It is refreshing to see how wild their play is, how fun they have to wander around in nature all day long. Actors are amazing. Great light and post production work.

Saw this at the MSPIFF and I can't stop thinking about how beautiful it was! The acting is superb. The script is a masterpiece and the cinematography is breathtaking. All of the post production is done beautifully as well. A must see if you get the chance!

Childhood, beauty, loss, death, time and nature. Really good short. The child performances are great, the cinematography is at times fabulous and I really loved its message. When the best things happen, playing with your friend in the green fields, something can happen and ruin your life. But even when that happens, no one will be there to really understand your pain and sorrow and time will move on and things will keep going while you feel guilty and sad. And nature will be destructive and beautiful at the same time. But, that's how life is. When you least expect it, nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spots. Its a small, quiet, but poetic short