In 2019, the French animator Jérémy Clapin premiered I Lost My Body, an oddly touching, melancholy little gem of a movie about a severed hand undergoing all sorts of crazy ordeals as it makes its way across Paris.
Released in the U.S. via Netflix, the film was a critically acclaimed festival hit that managed a surprise Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature (losing eventually to Toy Story 4). Clapin’s latest effort, Meanwhile on Earth, is a largely live-action drama...