Yuck! (film)
{{Short description|2024 French animated short film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Yuck!
| image = Yuck_Film_Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|French|Beurk!}}
| director = Loïc Espuche
| writer = Loïc Espuche
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Juliette Marquet
- Manon Messiant
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Noé Chabbat
- Katell Varvat
- Enzo Desmedt
- Camille Bouisson
- Hugo Chauvel
- Roman Freud
- Mattias Marcussy
- Mokhtar Camara
- Olivia Chatain
- Théo Costa-Marini
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography =
| editing = Héloïse Pelloquet
| music = Aliénor Doublet
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2024|02|20|Berlin International Film Festival, Germany|ref1=}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202406563.html |title=Beurk ! Berlinale 2024 Program |website=Berlinale Archive Official Website |language=English |accessdate=2024-09-02 |archive-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902133601/https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202406563.html |url-status=live }}
| runtime = 13 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Yuck! ({{Langx|fr|Beurk!}}) is a 2024 French animated short film written and directed by Loïc Espuche.{{Cite web |title=VIEW Conference Brings 'The Wild Robot,' 'Transformers One' Director Josh Cooley and Stand-Out Shorts to Italy|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2024/07/view-conference-brings-the-wild-robot-transformers-one-director-josh-cooley-and-stand-out-shorts-to-italy/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=www.animationmagazine.net }} The 13-minute animated film about childhood and the discovery of love won awards in various international film festivals, including the Anima Film Festival 2024{{Cite web |last=Paillaud |first=Camille |date=3 March 2024 |title=Anima : "Conte Sauvage" d'Aline Quertain remporte le prix du meilleur court métrage de la FWB |url=https://bx1.be/categories/news/anima-conte-sauvage-daline-quertain-remporte-le-prix-du-meilleur-court-metrage-de-la-fwb/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=BX1 |language=fr-FR |archive-date=30 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830151959/https://bx1.be/categories/news/anima-conte-sauvage-daline-quertain-remporte-le-prix-du-meilleur-court-metrage-de-la-fwb/ |url-status=live }} in Belgium. It also was presented in festivals around the world,{{Cite web |date=10 August 2024 |title=French Films at the 20th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival 2024 |url=https://villa-albertine.org/events/french-films-at-the-20th-annual-hollyshorts-film-festival-2024/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Villa Albertine |language=en-US |archive-date=30 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830151957/https://villa-albertine.org/events/french-films-at-the-20th-annual-hollyshorts-film-festival-2024/ |url-status=live }} including Annecy International Animation Film Festival,{{Cite web |title=Le CNC au Festival d'Annecy 2024 {{!}} CNC |url=https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/actualites/annecy-2024_2197284 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=www.cnc.fr |language=fr-FR |archive-date=30 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830151958/https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/actualites/annecy-2024_2197284 |url-status=live }} Rhode Island International Film Festival or Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web |date=20 December 2023 |title=Berlin dévoile une série de nouveaux films alléchants sélectionnés dans les sections Berlinale Special et Generation |url=https://cineuropa.org/fr/newsdetail/453926/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Cineuropa – le meilleur du cinéma européen |language=fr |archive-date=30 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830151957/https://cineuropa.org/fr/newsdetail/453926/ |url-status=live }} The film was also nominated for the César Award for Best Animation Short. On January 23rd, 2025, the film was also nominated to the 97th Academy Awards in the Best Animated Short Film category.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-23 |title=The 97th Academy Awards {{!}} 2025 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2025 |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=www.oscars.org |language=en}}
Plot
Léo is a young boy spending his summer days on a campground with his family and friends, including his two siblings and his good friend, Lucie. The kids enjoy spying on older campers and become disgusted watching them kiss, especially as their lips become hot pink and shiny when they desire affection. Despite this pastime, Léo secretly has a crush on Lucie and grows increasingly interested in kissing her. However, since his friends are so adamant that the act of kissing is repulsive, Léo is too embarrassed to make his feelings known.
After spying on two friends about to kiss while alone, Léo realizes that kissing does not have to be disgusting. He approaches Lucie in private, and his lips turn pink. Lucie is receptive to his advances and guides him away so that they can kiss in private. However, their friends intercept them at the last moment, mocking them for the "perverted" desire to kiss. Léo runs away in tears. When Lucie tries to talk to him later and try again, he angrily rebuffs her.
That night, Léo wakes up to realize that both of his siblings, despite their earlier teasing, have pink lips as they dream, revealing their secret desire for affection. He leaves his tent and observes that the whole campground is glowing pink with the universal need for affection. Seeing that Lucie has also left her tent and is seeing the same thing, Léo makes up with her, and the two share their first innocent kiss.
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References
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2KYhzAZh1c Official Trailer] on YouTube
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28356173/ Yuck!] on IMDb
- [https://www.unifrance.org/film/58404/beurk Yuck!] on Unifrance