Horacio | Murderer Shows No Remorse in Annecy Short Film

[@AnimeGIFfy]

"didn't learn anything in prison, just forgot things" truly system of all time.

[@kawardt6784]

He didn't forget things. I think he was just being delusional about what he has done. He couldn't come to accept that he killed an innocent man, so as many delusional outcast, they say they forget, they say the system at fault. Eventually, it wasn't their fault because they "forget".

[@03nowwow]

@@kawardt6784he said he forgot why he did it, not that he did it. He already acknowledged and accepted why he did it in the beginning.

[@therust6947]

⁠@@kawardt6784I mean you aren’t wrong about people deluding themselves to not take responsibility but…you cant really rope him in with those people because he literally acknowledges that he killed a person, he’s just completely indifferent to it. Also there is definitely something going on with memory but it seems more like on an unconscious level than an effort to erase, he doesn’t say anything to justify his reasoning behind the killing, just the reasoning itself.

[@stoneflower8751]

it's weird because teaching them something in prison makes it less of a punishment and more of rehabilitation. some people are okay with that but how might the victims feel? I'm sure they'd want the bastard to suffer as much as possible

[@AnimeGIFfy]

@@stoneflower8751 brah

[@hannapham9802]

When he started to complain about his mom, I was immediately like: "He's gonna kill her, isn't he?"

[@KorbyWasTaken]

lol

[@ke.po.]

He didn't, but I think she has something to do with his disassociation. No one is talking about her complete disregard to what her son is and has done. The end of the film should've shown people where this started.

[@pisketti]

@@ke.po.Did the person who made the short say that? To me that snap at the end was him snapping and attacking her in a fit of rage like he did Horacio. Horacio disturbed his peace while he was enjoying a nice, warm day and his mom was doing the same.

[@beelzemobabbity]

@@piskettithough I wouldn’t say it was exactly rage.

[@goose1114]

@@beelzemobabbity anger is loud, rage is quiet

[@smagpie]

Everything is sticky because he's ''stuck'' to the memories. He always remembers the therapist that transferred. He remembers taking those first steps into the prison. He remembers why he killed Horatio, because he was loud.

[@yeast00]

That kind of explains why he forgot in the shower. Though I'm still kind of trying to figure out by what he meant when he said he forgot why he killed Horatio.

[@noobyish]

Him talking about forgetting things, particularly why he even originally killed horacio while in the shower is no coincidence either, I think. It represents the "stickiness" being washed off his body and swept down the drain.

[@Ceilingfan-g2g]

When I saw sticky i immediately thought of chromakopia what is wrong with me ong

[@mergat2970]

Well Rip mom ig

[@Rubicon212]

​@@Ceilingfan-g2gIts getting sticky 🗣️

[@sgg3586]

Basically the story of a psychopath. He simply killed Horacio because he was annoyed that he was being too loud, and lacks any care/empathy to even bother remembering why he killed him. It's why he was also so nonchalant about getting sentenced to 8 years; because he lacks the emotion to even feel it's a punishment. To him, prison is just a consequence of killing someone. In the same way that you're expected to pay for groceries at the store, instead of just grabbing stuff off the shelves and walking immediately out the doors. It's just rules that we abide by. Nothing more to him.

[@ericdizzler]

hmm, I never thought of psychopathy as this before. Everything is having consequences, but not having weight to it.

[@mrmonokel2335]

…i get a lot of Asperger vibes from him. Aversion towards loud stimuli, lack of emotions and bad in handling them. Dislikes playing guitar because „he thinks he’s bad at it“ so he never even tried it. The car riding scene.

[@zero.9831]

@@mrmonokel2335Just don’t forget it doesn’t excuse him.

[@mrmonokel2335]

@@zero.9831 who is talking about excusing?

[@Magical.trees.lordXD]

@@mrmonokel2335Hey bud the name got changed a bit ago Asperger’s got changed due to having connections to a nazi so now they just call it autism spectrum disorder

[@Doctor_Snail]

I'd be pissed knowing someone murdered my son in cold blood and only got 8 years in prison 💀

[@AdeusEscola]

At least he's coming back after sending his mom to the same place as your son lmao

[@s.o.4956]

Tbh I thought it was implied they were brothers

[@AlbinoHammer]

Unfortunately that still happens today. There were these two twelve year olds who kidnapped, brutally tortured and killed a toddler and was only sentenced to around ten years. When they were allowed to leave they were given new names in a new city. One of them is married and doing well for himself . Absolutely terrible (For anyone curious the case is called: Murder of James Bulger)

[@urinalcakeenjoyer9971]

@@AlbinoHammer they were twelve, in 10 years a 12 year old changes significantly, it wouldnt be right to keep children in prison their whole lives

[@Anon-xc3cw]

Women will marry anything istg​@@AlbinoHammer

[@choccocker]

He sways between being relatable and being a insufferable asshole in the most nonchalant way. Pretty well written

[@nagatodan]

When or how did he portrayed the insufferable asshole part? I dont see that at all really, more like he's just lost in his thoughts and barely spoke a word. Looks he moreso just minded his own business and see that mother is just using him

[@nagatodan]

@@soggy_apples i didnt say anything about defending em?

[@nagatodan]

@@soggy_apples if you read any other comments here I'm not defending his actions, actions has consequences and he deserved to go to jail but on top of that needs some rehabilitation to comfort to society rather just being locked up 8 years straight

[@Superjake789]

@@soggy_applesyou’re yapping he didn’t even talk about murder lil bro

[@Flower-tj9oi]

@@soggy_apples He was commenting on the asshole remark. That’s not justifying anything what are you talking about?

[@user-gk9gx3np9k]

My question is if there is also something wrong with the mother. They brought up how he was raised in the court, and so something must've happened in his childhood. Also, the mother kept everything from the original murder, most people would get rid of the stuff their child was murdered with, but she kept the rake and swimming pool. Not to mention her adversity to moving out. Most people would've but she was determined to stay there, even though people were murdered right outside. She even got aggressive at her son for showing himself for fear of moving out. She didn't care about the hate she got, and even when she showed up to the trial she seemed completely unbothered that she was there because her son had killed his brother (i think) and something just always seemed off about her and some mental illnesses are hereditary so maybe she has what he's got too

[@execrisiscoreonearth]

I suspect narcissism, but there's a few moving threads with all of that. Imho, the mother is about as guilty as the child, if not moreso.... The big irony being that she has learned nothing in that period of time, where as he is slowly learning why he killed Horatio in the first place... But that's just my take on all this. I'm all but convinced the mother is just as problematic as her child, that presumably killed her other child, in their own home. The takes in this comment section... Are super weird, to me. It's not just the main character's fault, it takes a village to raise a child after all. People keep mentioning a disconnect, yet they themselves try to disconnect from his experience. Again, it's weird to me. Also I literally don't know how others don't see the mother's behavior as strange, either, you frankly said it best: she kept the pool, and crazily, the murder weapon of this Horatio, right where it was.... A decade later. A wall of noise and excuses, about Not wanting to be embarrassed by her murderous son, but the whole damn time she was singing his praises. Humans are so interesting, sometimes. More than capable of breaking down the "mystery" here, but I find many of you simply.... Don't. Because you want to disaccociate from the supposed killer, raised into one from a neglectful society. Idk I should Have held my tongue at parts here, but that's genuinely how I feel about all this.

[@Gervardo]

@@execrisiscoreonearth the mother doesnt show narcisistic traits, she seems like she has ADHD.

[@thesupernaturalhouse]

She definitely show symptoms of being a narcissist though, taking so much to keep attention on herself tlaking about things only resolving herself

[@Deveshkha]

Y'all are overthinking it like hell lol. She's just not bright.

[@thesupernaturalhouse]

@@Deveshkha could be, woudlnt be suprised if she was just unaware, probably more likely to, but it's fun to theorize

[@grobbelaarthibaud]

If you look at what Horacio looks like, you could see that when Guillaume ends him with the rake, you'd see that Horacio changes completely, his hair colour changes from orange to a brown and he loses his stubble as well - this might imply that Guillaume doesn't remember much of what Horacio looks like and that he probably couldn't care less much. Edit: It's sort of impossible since it just seems like the rake went into the skin of Horacio but it's possible that he did leave the plain of existence because Guillaume says he hit Horacio with the rake multiple times too... and also it probably hit a vein/artery on Horacio.

[@hnaw1360]

To me the sticking kinda represents how memories stick to him but they don't mean anything. Even something as horrific as murdering his friend is treated with the exact same attitude as forgetting a name or a place. He sees everything as exactly the same, he works entirely off of impulse. If you're annoying him he won't hold back murdering you in cold blood. I imagine the reason he didn't kill his mother sooner is directly because of the guitar. He said that even outside of prison he used to play for her. He found a way to shut her up that was simple and easy, but interrupting his day of peace finally getting out of jail, I imagine was enough to send him over the edge. I also think he originally killed his friend BECAUSE of his mother. Unlike his mother he had no easy way to shut him up, so killed him simply because he wanted him to be quiet.

[@askosefamerve]

Very out of topic but HI ANGIE YONAGA PROFILE PIC ❤

[@samanthalawcock7211]

I think that's why in the murder scene you can see Horacio has red hair. Like the mother. And in court when he explains he kills his friend for the silence, he's driving down the same road as 5 years later when his mom picks him up from prison. It's why the bucket, rake, everything in the back yard is the same. He wanted to. He simply couldn't manage it but I think the snap at the end is him actually doing doing same to her, especially given the line that he "had forgot," past tense. Gosh miss analysis of film

[@hnaw1360]

@samanthalawcock7211 I mean yeah. He forgot what it was like to deal with his mother I imagine. Being in prison made him completely docile because the thing that drove him to kill wasn't there. Sad because killers really do have insane ass random motives like this or weird rituals. Like I could totally see him becoming a serial killer that only kills people with red hair lmao if he had just a BIT of love for his mother. But he doesn't so he just git rid of her

[@samanthalawcock7211]

@hnaw1360 fr, I just really thought your comment in particular was brilliant I loved it. Thanks for the discourse!

[@ryansvideogamereviews7380]

Good representation of someone with Anti-Personality Disorder. The term "Criminal Mastermind" is usually a pretty bad misnomer, esepcially for psychopathic murderers. Such individuals usually have pretty average (if not below average) intelligence and competency. The only thing that makes them stand out and become dangerous is their complete indifference to human suffering. They dont care enough to know or know enough to care...

[@AnonYmous-ow2eb]

I'm confused, isn't it clear that he's suffering in this video?

[@KisamaMokkorosu-qj7vh]

@@AnonYmous-ow2eb He's saying he doesn't care about other's suffering at all

[@miaumiaumiau692]

the disorder is called antisocial personality disorder, and not all people with this disorder are violent unethical people. maybe you dont think theyre all murderers, but many people do, which only worsens those people's behaviours

[@Supernovice942]

⁠@@miaumiaumiau692true they aren’t all violent, but the majority display deception, manipulation and callous disregard for others. They may not want to be violet or unethical, but without intervention someone without care for others will eventually hurt someone physically, emotional or mentally. They definitely need to be helped, but I also don’t begrudge others for being mistrustful or afraid of them.

[@ccarmilluwallpa]

That's true, phsycopaths are truly dumber than the average human being. They lack empathy and often contradicts themselves, not being able to understand that the thing hurt them hurts others. The world is full of phsycopaths and what it worrying is their dumbness.

[@StarrySkiez712]

I like that the bright and poppy colors contrast the dark moments that are happening(ex: Horacio’s murder). These bright colors also fit the theme of the late 90s and early 2000s, which is the timeline of this short.

[@gabrielarivas90]

The inmates are watching telenovelas 😂😂😂

[@le_foolish_omi]

WAIT YOU'RE RIGHT BAHAHHA

[@juandiegodominguezramirez8563]

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[@karlaestay4370]

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[@Rivericko97]

​@@juandiegodominguezramirez8563 ¿De donde sacas que es Mexicana? WTF

[@pekkausa4093]

@@Rivericko97 suena a la rosa de Guadalupe, pe

[@wrenwry]

The cold sense of disconnect between Giullaume and everything that he does or has happen to him is chilling. Amazing short film.

[@CroMagnon1970]

Like The Stranger by Camus

[@tofuuwu7352]

​@@CroMagnon1970 that's what I was thinking, too xD I can see a lot of references in general.

[@CroMagnon1970]

@@tofuuwu7352 read THE WALL by Sartre

[@goobergoofy-vn8cc]

Glad i wasnt the only one​@@CroMagnon1970

[@WinterzPlayz]

Amazing story telling Just enough told to make us come to the terrifying conclusion that 1. He doesn't regret what he's done 2. He's very disconnected from reality 3. His mother is probably the next victim Even going as far as bringing the story full circle In the same backyard, with the same tool of murder in hand reach, and a terrible motive "She talks to much and I just want silence"

[@xavierfigueroa5181]

An interesting little detail adding the sign language, don’t really know if it adds anything to the story but it’s an interesting touch

[@marc0lin00]

Might be that he was autistic and didn't speak the first years, so they developed this kind of hand gesture to speak between them. It's not the sign language used by deaf people

[@elckler9821]

@@marc0lin00That makes sense but sign language is regional. ie French have LSF vs America has ASL

[@mrgoatman6202]

Maybe it could show that even in ‘silence’ his mother is still talking to him, hence why he (most likely) ends up killing her. He just wanted some quiet. Or maybe I’m just reaching

[@frenchgirl5878]

@marc0lin00 That’s interesting! And maybe that would explain why Guillaume is so sensitive to sounds!

[@marc0lin00]

@@frenchgirl5878 also, the sticky things that appear while he touches stuff might be a representation of its sensation to touch. Many people on the spectrum perceive things differently on a sensory level. He is also very quiet, and the light of the sun when he exit jail seems to bother him somehow. He being on the spectrum would explain also the apparent lack of emotions: he just doesn't know how to process them

[@prinzexisalowqualityytber]

personally i think the sticky things represent a sticky situation, what and do you do in a sticky situation? you stress, the sticky things represent stress

[@qwaccc]

discombobulation, caught me red handed palms itching like rosacea

[@prinzexisalowqualityytber]

@qwaccc Standin' like ovation on business occupation

[@xBUSSYWOLF69x-m4k]

Bro just needed to take meditation classes for like ever lmao.

[@masterhaterbater5927]

Came up with that all on your own huh Einstein? Jesus christ..

[@Miles02c]

@@masterhaterbater59272/10 bait, I expect better next time 🙂‍↔️

[@WinterzPlayz]

Amazing story telling, giving us just enough to make us come to the terrifying conclusion that he feels no regret, he's extremely disconnected from reality, and his mother is probably next in line. That ending gave me chills. Brought the story right back to where it began, and gave him the exact same reason he killed the first time, once again.

[@PoisonDartFiend]

i love this short. It's interesting how, despite him having committed a murder, I can't really hate Guillaume. his brain just... works different. he's missing fundamental parts regarding empathy and emotion, seemingly.

[@valentinzarate700]

We can't balme him indeed, we should blame the sistem that neglects a person like that, someone that should be locked forever faces a simple trial and gets 8 years, then he's released to be a menace to everyone yet again, the fact that he's incapable of feeling remorse just went over everyone's head

[@silverghost3063]

Personally I hate him; his total absence of morality or empathy for any of his own wrongdoing makes him seem inherently evil. Something not entirely human. Based on the implication at the end I hope he gets sent back to prison for the rest of his life.

[@BurBurGerHamCotCotCybercotleta]

He is really full of himself, not letting anything go not his way, interrupting shit with either music or "perma mute, instead of enduring it and understanding how other people work, guy is a prick and because he was never understood and challenged with his view... He is off to off his mother

[@prinzexisalowqualityytber]

@@BurBurGerHamCotCotCybercotleta its called sociopathy, its not like he doesn't want to feel for them, but he literally just cant. he also has hints of autism but feels kinda far stretched

[@valentinzarate700]

@@prinzexisalowqualityytber that's called psychopathy, sociopathy is something diferent

[@darianbuenrostro463]

un ejemplo de lo que es una persona mental mente dañada sin"motivo " alguno, muchas veces la gente mata por situaciones que provocaron una persona mental mente inestable, una infancia cruel, un trauma, una experiencia, pero en muchos casos no se necesita algo asi, simplemente nacer con ello, ya sea por algo hereditario o un embarazo poco cuidado, probablemente en este caso se trato de herencia, la madre se nota que tambien tiene algo, que actue tan tranquila por todo, no solo por que su hijo mato a alguien si no tambien por como afecto esto su vida, ella dice con tanta tranquilidad "me dicen la madre de un asesino" como si no le afectara, como si no fuera la gran cosa

[@someonecalledeulogio2280]

Algun gen o adn o arn travieso que se copio mal y termino afectando a las celulas equivocadas...

[@marianomercado6284]

creo que es un ejemplo de la Psico

[@Kamikaze-THB]

Con hereditario te refieres a la psicopatía la psicopatía se hereda no se adquiere caso contrario con la sociopatia

[@darianbuenrostro463]

@@Kamikaze-THB en si no me refiero a una trastorno en especifico ya que no se con certeza que tiene el personaje y por lo mismo me limito a solo opinar lo que salio en el corto

[@AnonYmous-ow2eb]

The scene in the car hurt me so deeply, where she said "I wanted to tell them I'll send my son after them!," all she sees him as is a tool she can use. I can't believe how many people watch this and feel bad for the mother, when all I can see is his suffering and mental illness.

[@phambilitv]

Great storytelling and visual style

[@stuffiguess7680]

Eugh the little part where he was only telling the therapist that line because he was proud of it was such a great touch

[@LalolXD-b3j]

Si analizamos bien, la amdre también tiene rasgos psicopatas al no conversar directamente con su hijo y solo hablar y hablar hasta el cansancio. Otro detalle es qué no lo juzga debidamente por el asesinato de horacio y esos detalles muestran su falta de empatia y desconexion. Guillaume es probablemente un psicópata y eso por herencia de la madre. Fácinante corto la verdad

[@deadman.29]

No creo que eso sea un rasgo de psicopatía.

[@radioactivepower600nanaspersec]

​@@deadman.29 Tal vez narcisismo?

[@BenjaIsHere]

​@@radioactivepower600nanaspersec ¿Por qué narcisismo?

[@berserker3414]

​@@BenjaIsHereun narcisista clínico es un tipo de trastorno de la personalidad. No son solo personas "enamoradas de si mismas" como la gente popularmente los llama, de hecho tienen secretamente muy baja auto estima. Son un tipo de trastorno B primos de los psicópatas, falta de empatía los caracteriza. Tienden a hablar sobre si mismo todo el tiempo monopolizando las conversaciones

[@j.s.ospina9861]

​​@@berserker3414un narcisista no necesariamente tiene falta de empatía, solo es que sus inseguridades psicológicas lo mueven a reprimir esa empatía e intentar que toda conversación se sitúe a su alrededor. Es en esencia un trastorno psicológico. Mientras, los psicópatas tienen empatía reducida (y sufren de menos estrés, ansiedad y miedo) por una baja actividad en la amígdala, no por decisión propia. Esto los separa de las personas con trastorno antisocial de la personalidad (que llamaré sociopatas), que tienen actividad normal en la amígdala pero baja actividad en sus sistemas inhibidores, lo que los hace muy emocionales e impulsivos. Recordemos que todas las personas pueden reprimir su empatía en situaciones de ira o de terror; de otra forma pocas personas podrían ser soldados. Es decir que el sociópata puede sentir empatía, pero reprimirla en un ataque impulsivo de ira, mientras que el psicópata no la siente a secas (aunque la psicopatía es un espectro, no es que ninguno pueda sentirla). En conclusión, el narcisismo se desarrolla y es psicológico mientras que la psicopatía es innata a la estructura del cerebro. Obviamente existe una correlación, es más fácil para un psicópata desarrollar narcisismo porque no tiene empatía desde un inicio, pero son temas distintos con orígenes distintos. Todo esto para decir que la madre probablemente era psicópata y narcisista, no solo una.

[@oreo_6206]

I like the unexpected sign language representation in this short:)

[@SpicyMarshmellow3]

My interpretation of the stickiness is it's the abstract way he experiences the world assigning consequences to his actions. He feels this external pressure from the world to experience an emotional connection and sense of consequence to the things he does, when his experience of what he does is like gravity. A ball held up and dropped falls. Person annoys him, he kills them. These things are the same to him. The ball falls to the ground and it's over. A singular event. If pushed, the ball will roll just the same, regardless of previous physical events. He kills someone, and to him it's the same as the ball falling when dropped. But society is different. He falls when dropped, and forever after, he's not allowed to roll when pushed. There's this stickiness now. The thread of stickiness snapping just before he kills his mom is that stickiness failing in that moment to prevent him from acting according to how he experiences the world... by plain cause and effect.

[@nono9543]

This is probably the best comment here. Like he is disconnected from reality but he's trying to equate meaning to it all but he's missing core components that would make it easier like empathy.

[@fukunaga-kane]

The stickiness represents the friction the world applies to stop him from acting on his psychopathic tendencies. Normal people face moral boundaries, peer pressure, and societal stigma. He doesn’t.

[@joworge]

The art and the narrative were georgeus! And that feeling of calm... Loved it

[@EvilCherry3]

Poor mom, she won't hear the guitar this time.

[@Ozone946]

its her own fault

[@kevinmackler]

felt very inspired storywise by The Stranger by Albert Camus. i appreciate the animation style

[@underwaterspacetraveler17]

The sound effects were great. All of the audio..

[@smurlix5676]

What's interesting is that Giullaume doesn't actually speak throughout most of the film directly, hes narrating. He either rarely speaks or does so a lot more often in private.

[@perrisavallon5170]

The way I see it, the whole short is about narrative and tragedy. Nobody really knows why the murder happened, including the murderer. But everybody's desperate for a story that both explains the murder and vindicates the killer. The lawyer concocts something ridiculous that nevertheless actually gets him only 8 years in prison. The mother likes the celebrity of it all, she likes that he's famous and she gets to be the killer's mother. But these narratives don't satisfy Guillaume, he's just kind of empty. But then the record executive shows up (again, based on a false narrative - the story of a reformed killer who goes on to make beautiful music is a really good story) and Guillaume is given a narrative that he actually likes. But all he can play is a really simple and shallow song (because he's empty inside) and the record executive realizes that the story she found interesting wasn't real and leaves. The scene with the therapist shows that Guillaume is still trying to figure out how to spin this encounter into a story that sounds good. But ultimately, he killed Horatio for no reason, and there's no good story that vindicates him. ...Not sure what the sticky stuff is, though. That seems like a pretty big part of it.

[@estamosbuscandote167]

the sticky substance represents discomfort. He kills others when they become too much of a nuisance to him

[@nayicisne]

The cellmates were watching telenovelas!!

[@windigo100]

Mexicanas de paso

[@gudiel4532]

Ajaaa ​@@windigo100

[@martinjugolin2087]

That's all you got from this video man

[@martinjugolin2087]

That's all you got from this video?

[@martinjugolin2087]

That's all you got firm this video?

[@GolemCC]

I think the sticky substance symbolically represents bubblegum, which is sticky. Thank you.

[@proceedproceed7494]

Nonono the sticky substance represents a sticky substance which is sticky

[@GolemCC]

@@proceedproceed7494 I never thought of it that way but I suppose it makes sense if you relate it to Albert Camus's famous short story "Matière Collante" (Sticky Material).

[@victorhugo3952]

That substance is called bungee gum, that has the properties of both gum and rubber

[@Walkn_faith]

😂​@@victorhugo3952

[@GolemCC]

@@mart9177 Well that wasn't very nice

[@IgnitionVillain]

Comments are incredibly shallow in most cases. This is a delicately handled animation about the mindset of someone who clearly grew up in a rough way, with a mother that saw her son as nothing more than some accessory to her expectations. Nobody knows how he was prior to the murder, or if Horacio was merely the punctuation to someone finally being pushed to the limit. When faced with irrefutable wrong in your actions sometimes that shock sticks with you and permeates for the sake of self preservation. He tried to appreciate what it was like to get out but the mother cut through that peace of mind with a knife, an agitator. The prisoners didn't violate his boundaries or comfort, so he wasn't driven to a breakdown or persistent actions. He was let out on good behavior, and sometimes it's not about 'feeling nothing' for other humans. Some humans can't properly handle discomfort on that level for so long, and to hold them to your standards is just fantasy thinking. Most people who go into the system were shaped for it in one way or another, and the way of thinking in the comments dilutes the perspective required to understand how to interpret and operate around those of us who broke in some way. P.S. I'm not giving the murder a pass, I'm saying people don't just swerve their car into pedestrians for the thrill nine times out of ten.

[@Walleyedwosaik]

I also think the short represents the failings of the justice system, not giving mentally unwell people enough help and making it difficult for them to reintegrate into society

[@IgnitionVillain]

@@Walleyedwosaik I agree broadly but French prison systems are much different. So I couldnt accurately say as American prisons are wildly different.

[@Walleyedwosaik]

@@IgnitionVillain I’m not American either but I think the vast majority of prison systems around the world are flawed including where I live in Australia I don't actually know much about French prison but I kind of assumed it would be similar to Australian British and American prison systems if they are more progressive I would be unaware, but I do hope French prison systems are better than our sh''hole prisons that's for sure

[@IgnitionVillain]

@@Walleyedwosaik From what I understand french prisons are far less crazy than our respective ones. It's not cushy like the swiss or swedish but it seems France does try not to make a majority of their prisons hellholes.

[@clementdato6328]

This is actually a shallower take than most of the other. Thinking interpretation of art can only be deep and relevant when it reflects contingent reality and deem human condition as secondary is almost always a much shallower take.

[@sarahward7016]

So engrossing I was actually hoping it would be longer. Great job! 😀

[@AnnaInWonderTube]

Really liked this one: The illustrtration style looks like some sort of anime at first glance, but its surprising as soon as you begin watching: the style is realistic but at the same time very unique, allowing best to present a character, like the clingy mother. As a story, it depicts in the best way a narissistic /sociopathic personality. He is manipulative, literally "playing" people using strings, lacks remorse compleyely, self centered and immature. And the contributor or even the creator of his personality disorder and the enabler is obviously the mother who is idolizinng him even in his worse behavior, discribing his 8 year sentence as "very good", as if it was a short recovery after some accident or a good grade after missing classes. The strings, the glue, the sewer, the toys make very good metaphores. Every frame contributes to the story, and very well understood. Thank you for the well made film.

[@LadyYuNox]

No entendiste nada al parecer, el tipo no es narcisista o manipulador, solo odia el grito y la mamá se la pasó gritando siempre que "hablaba mucho", el gritar fue la razón por la que mató a Horacio. Tal vez incluso la mamá realmente no lo elogiaba, solo que él así lo veía

[@Ale_xandraa]

0:41 0:41 0:41 0:41 0:41

[@MariaAcostez]

​@@LadyYuNox parece q tú no le entendiste. Quién en su sano juicio mataría por tener ansiedad y sin sentir remordimientos ni rumiaciones constante? Quién mataría dos veces sin tener ataques de pánico?... El muchacho cumple con varios de los requisitos para ser diagnosticado con Trastorno de la personalidad. En un dado caso la ansiedad es un catalizador pero no un detonante.

[@kibathelilboy3946]

It's not anime, it's cartoon...

[@AlbinoHammer]

@@kibathelilboy3946Did you read the first nine words and give up on the rest lol

[@facucortez25]

Like si viniste por un vídeo de tiktok

[@bryancontreras8415]

Y ahora me dio curiosidad que novela estaban viendo los presos o solo es un audio inventado para el corto XD

[@emilianomunozdiaz9494]

No te voy a dar like, que te crees o que

[@samuelerira900]

@@emilianomunozdiaz9494dale like bro

[@aleotaku416]

​@@emilianomunozdiaz9494Tampoco es que te lo esté pidiendo precisamente a ti xD

[@horaciociraiz8346]

La novela es reina de corazones, es una discusión entre Camila y Nicolás 😂 ​@@bryancontreras8415

[@grilledleeks6514]

Wow. This is easily one of the best things youtube has randomly recommended to me for seemingly no reason. I dont even speak french

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa185]

I don’t understand the stickyness that appears

[@ZoruxHexshu]

To put it simply, it's a representation of him feeling stress. He doesn't like the sensation, and it only happens when he's not comfortable, that's why that appears out of nowhere and everywhere. And when it snapped, well, let's just say he remembered the solution to get rid of that stress.

[@FacundoGustavoMamaniTorres]

@@ZoruxHexshu thanks for explaining

[@LettuceWithLegs]

@@ZoruxHexshu thanks bro

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

@@ZoruxHexshu Also great that is like dried blood turning into fluid running hot blood. The reason he killed Horacio was the stress he felt in an emotional breaking point. For some reason he was made to feel emotional by another person which is something alien to him.

[@MeenaAshido]

It’s like annoyance. It’s sticky and never going away no matter how much you try to remove it, a cycle he shackled himself into

[@agentawassi5412]

From the lack of reaction from his mother and what she says, I can't help but feel she is partially responsible for why he's the way he is. Didn't discipline him enough as a child and even seems to be proud of being the mother of a murderer, like she's riding a high.

[@cuentaoficialmentesinnombr3613]

I kind of hated the mother more than her son, she seems even more of a psychopath than her son

[@TheLastHylianTitan]

More like a narcissist? Probably not a straight up narcissist but she definitely has a self absorbed personality.

[@xXYannuschXx]

I think we are seeing his mother from his point of view and not whats really happening.

[@УлыбышеваАлександра]

​@@xXYannuschXx I don't think so. People like this really exist and are really annoying even for normal people around.

[@pokerface4396]

@@xXYannuschXx the fact that she is visiting him in prison and brings press to him is telling enough. This is not normal parent behavior. Having your child kill a person in cold blood (and show no remorse) should be absolutely mind-shattering. Is it even possible to look at your other child the same way? How is it even bearable to stay in the same neighborhood, with people talking behind your back? But, instead of moving away, she basked in the newfound glory - and it wasn't even subtle.

[@okbutwhatif9905]

Yeah she's almost bragging that he's in prison

[@1phildefer323]

Lorsqu'on commence à regarder on va jusqu'au bout....C'est flippant de penser que ça peut arriver......

[@J0z3man3]

Ok but how did he not kill her mom before if she has always being like that?

[@gonza_lezriver]

Porque era su madre, no tenía una razón de peso para matarla. Pero después de que experimentó la sensación con el amigo, fue fácil.

[@namvo3013]

He explained it at the end

[@Anton43218]

​@@namvo3013 no he did not.

[@Anton43218]

He didn't do it to the mom because then he would have been homeless.

[@namvo3013]

@@Anton43218 I think because of 4:16

[@TheEpicBugBoy]

i have a felling that he also killed he's mother, any body else?

[@perrahnormel9793]

Yes, I took it as there was never any reason to kill, he just...snapped. As the sticky string did at the end.

[@franciscojaviercr6730]

You must be the smartest in your primary class huh

[@guitarhero_02211]

​@@franciscojaviercr6730🫵😂

[@fdov4]

@@franciscojaviercr6730stop being a prick

[@oscarromo1324]

And for a good reason.

[@nicknick_nick]

This reminds more of the book "The Stranger" mainly because it is in french and the main character is on trial.

[@EloLeChan]

"it was because it was a beautiful day, and warm" In The Stranger, the murderer's defense was that he killed that man "because the sun was too bright". I wonder if that's a direct reference

[@nicknick_nick]

@ they both are also "more or less" about their mums

[@goofydude]

this is the most true video ever, for most serial killers out there they’ve done horrible things, yet the judicial system always lets them off with a warning, causing them to either go into hiding and still murder, or murder anyway. It’s truly sickening..

[@DelRae]

I think this comment misses the point

[@goofydude]

@ huh..?

[@Maxi_Gamer_2011]

Why the hell dude looks like Slim Shady wtf

[@Scipio488]

A lot of us do.

[@BallZackKisser]

Buzz cut moment

[@marinanieto7670]

Blonde + buzz cut ig, if my cousin had a buzz cut he also probably look like a bulky slim shady lol

[@Killgore-ip2yq]

It's Stan. 😂

[@prinzexisalowqualityytber]

practically is at this point

[@kirayosihage584]

Good story and animation

[@Naithsirc2306]

Of course he ended up killing his mother...

[@HDaviant]

Dude literally that was the first preview comment that I saw, damn spoiler

[@tronco6293]

same ​@@HDaviant

[@amateo1156]

Come on man

[@CrowSmith3]

@@HDaviant😂

[@mefistobelcebu839]

Spoiler

[@elizabethaguilarzuniga9473]

La tele estaba en español 😮

[@dianasalvatierra4318]

Y también los subtitulos JAJAJA

[@uzziehacedibujos456]

😮

[@amandarz1260]

Cuál telee

[@daviddelacruz1715]

​@@amandarz1260 cuando entra a la cárcel sus compañeros de celda estaban viendo novelas españolas

[@gerardoromero1259]

@@daviddelacruz1715mexicanas

[@sertiee]

Of course I get the film spoiled as soon as I enter the video..

[@peanutthehumanoidperson7735]

this is the best and most beautiful short film I’ve ever seen

[@MySushiBear]

Thought it was the venture bros in the thumbnail for a second lmao

[@mjoflaherty126]

HANK NO

[@SRLovesPandas1]

it does look like Hank in the thumbnail LOL

[@Cajaquarius]

These prisons look great. I always forget that America is like a third world country in how we keep prisoners.

[@STARMIAOUS]

I think It's in France

[@legendaryfrolox6285]

Yeah UK prisons are the best tho. There was a leaked video where one of the female guards was giving the male prisoners sloppy toppy.

[@kathrineici9811]

Won’t somebody think if the poor rapists and murderers???

[@iMonikah]

@@kathrineici9811 You know it's not just rapists and murderers in prison or jail right? I don't see how any sensible person could argue against a better prison system when it's been proven to reduce recidivism.

[@kathrineici9811]

@@iMonikah Letting monsters out makes it easier for dangerous people to continue hurting others or have you been ignoring “bail reform” and its results

[@danasoto2103]

Me encanto este corto y me gustaria ver mas cosas por el estilo, alguna recomendacion?

[@Gonzajorg]

Si

[@darylenrriquecandiasi7585]

"Hay un hombre en el bosque" te recomiendo esa.

[@mueezadam8438]

The art direction is so captivating, it’s like we’re losing our sense of time alongside Guillaume

[@dumdum5520]

My mom and I have our differences, sure. And I complain about her often. But I could never imagine hurting my own mother.

[@P4triotd_o_p_h]

I never complain to my mom because it leads to talking and I hate talking to my mother so I really relate with dude

[@Burnt-out1]

I find it odd for her mother to act the way she does: talking to her son like he had only done a small misconduct as if she either forgot or disregarded the vicious action his son had done, infact it's like she was proud, it's unsettling.

[@gigipeedee]

I see it all the time

[@inderajones6231]

Very nice work the colors are beautiful in this picture

[@juiced5032]

super bien, très bien exécuté, super humain , le storytelling 👍

[@epicidex1006]

Love all the stranger references

[@Magical_Trash]

Im ngl bro…..his mom was getting on my *last* nerve 💀

[@jesusadriangonzalez5718]

La novela de fondo es lo único que entendí 😔

[@Harpy-with-Legs]

Gosh Hank venture really went off the deep end huh

[@gonza_lezriver]

El chico desde pequeño aprendio de la madre el estar desconectado, pero le estresaba su forma de ser, posiblemente a causa de eso que aprendio de ella. Es curioso porque ambas cosas son fácilmente opuestas pero la madre las llevaba muy bien.

[@hypsea617]

this *feels* like an animated version of L'Étranger (yes that one by albert camus) and i love it!

[@confusedbutfashionable3772]

Very inspired by The Stranger

[@LlNDAMEA]

The Stranger mentioned lets fcking go

[@abraxasjinx5207]

This animation is stunning.

[@AmongUs92409]

Para los que no entendieron, activen subtitulos al español.

[@AJN_06_12]

Xd

[@Vicky-ks7xn]

Yo lo vi con subtítulos en inglés ptm xd

[@Shotokan2028]

No me hace falta entender nada excepto que me puede succionar los webos el rubio

[@SeveralGhost]

This reminds me a lot of The Stranger, excellent animation

[@vulpinitemplar5036]

Ah, the ancient enemy, lack of social awareness.

[@NewtonSparetire]

This is really good. Didnt even realize i was watching til it finished. I love psychological suspense.

[@matthewjury4385]

I really enjoyed this style of animation

[@Basgerin]

Guillaume killed Horacio because he was like Guillaume's mother. Loud. I feel like there are many meanings, or causes, behind this short film. But what I get from it is that it's a PSA on parenting your children correctly, teaching them about the world/how to cope with it, and not having children if you're not mentally stable enough. But narcissists don't have a barometer for how "mentally stable" they are. So it can't just be a PSA, it has to be art, too.

[@saadkool7874]

This guy is like the main character of an obscure manhwa

[@lowhp_comic]

Court: we setence you to 8 years in prison Mum: 😀

[@scruffles3838]

Kind of almost reminds me of the stranger in some ways. Tho this fella is and mersault are kinda opposites at the same time. Mostly in that mersault is completely capable of living peacefully in society and the situation of his crime was far less heinous but was sent to death, while this fella definitely isn't fit to live in human society but is given the barest minimum punishment, and secondly mersault genuinely does really like his "mama/maman" and it seemed they had a understanding, while this guy as seen in the video very much dislikes his mom. But on a point of similarities again, both seem like they've inherited their "strangeness" their mother's

[@marlonmorrison9520]

I enjoyed it once I cut the captions on😂😂

[@brendabanuelos7692]

Same 😂😂

[@beybladesinmyheels1267]

5 years for murder is crazy

[@BurBurGerHamCotCotCybercotleta]

He is a person, who wishes to live a very *quiet* life

[@StrawberryShortcake2010-dd3qj]

Jojo?

[@tornadopotatoes4510]

​@@StrawberryShortcake2010-dd3qj JoJo.

[@Crazytwister-vw4er]

He spend 2000 in jail. What a way to start the new millennium

[@Gumsome]

I have so much understanding for this dude. These kind of mother exist . Even when she stops speaking she is still talking by gesture drawning him in a universe of stimuli like doing too much things at the same time . She never shuts up preventing him from thinking, and decided that he has a talent when he is ordinary as seens when he sings "en apesanteur" from Calogero (which is also a french reference that he listens to bad popular music , has no valuable culture that would be studied in Harvard , so he is from poor social class with poor education) . She is one of these castrating mother deciding everything for her son from birth where at the end, the poor dude no longer knows what he wants and why he did what he did that way. Not knowing that his whole incouscious is suffocating and revolting against things he no longer wants to do at teenage. On the other hand, the real tragedy is that ... its not his mothers fault, like would say Mark Manson in his book the Subtle Art of not giving a f*ck .. when he talks about Jimmy. She is from this generation educated with the idea that everyone must be special and have a talent. When she should be ashamed, she is proud to be called the murderer's mother... She wants the best for her son and still love him for visiting him in prison but she seems disconnected from reality (like arriving late at the court and smiling like if she was just picking up her son at school) . Reality she lives like if it was a soap opera: nothing has importance , it will get better and happy ending soon because of the Dictat of the positivism from her generation. So in order to live, the son has only one possibility. Killing his mother and beeing able ,at least, to think by himself and become a man. Or suiciding himself. It is a great short moovie . Sad but good and so much topical about the conflict of generation.

[@yeeshieyeeshie]

thanks i was looking for the song's name

[@Monkey_Demon]

Why do you mean bad popular music ?

[@Gumsome]

@Monkey_Demon the lyrics are making a sequel of french sentences barely built, and we have to think the meaning for too much time to know what's the story behind the words... And of course the story would be resumed in three lines no more in a scenario too classical, too much seen: a guy come in an elevator and fall in love of a girl. How original! ... The chords are poor and repeated many times instead of trying new measures. We feel that the autor did not spend many time writting this song.

[@greendude7650]

Damn bro spot on but honestly if he did kill his mother he's a monster in my book the thought of it is sickening patricide Jesus...

[@identipathy]

Yall will emphasize with anything as long as it’s male, goodbye

[@morganelzey]

Oh noo just get away don't do that to your mom... Leave if you don't like it omg!

[@PikaPetey]

fantastic and harrorwing

[@LeanMeanAsianCuisine]

Nothing means anything to this guy except for his immediate discomfort. He is not evil on purpose just without morals or empathy. He knows what is causing his discomfort and he tried to make it stop.

[@ekeneam3644]

Amazing

[@Walleyedwosaik]

He gives Autism to me, the hyper focusing on small details in the shots, the lack of empathy (something that affects a small portion of people with ASD), loud noises being insufferable and being quiet and finding it hard to communicate. Idk tho I’m not a therapist lol

[@crazycatwithmaya]

I would say he relates more to sociopathy, not ASD. As he acts impulsively, violently and as it’s shown with “8 years, it’s really not bad” and other dialogue, he doesn’t view his sentence as punishment, just as consequence, such as if you fall, you scrape your knee. And he doesn’t seem to learn from his past, as he does it with his mother again. But same here, I’m not a psychologist, I just know a lot about the subject

[@Walleyedwosaik]

@ I don't know sh'' about sociopathy so I wouldn't know, he could definitely have both as well

[@yodarusev]

Damn bro why did he give you autism I'm sorry to hear that

[@Walleyedwosaik]

@ lmao

[@okbutwhatif9905]

Reminds me of the stranger. The heat.

[@t00nfish]

really cool - and it has the perfect length: i did not miss anything and I still had the 1% feeling of can't get enough. Goooooood itch!

[@I_am_Mister_Y]

Hank Venture, don't do it!

[@ThatD1spynser]

Thought the tthumbnail was agent 47 for a moment not gonna lie

[@hollowedboi5937]

Obviously it’s terrible what he did, and yet I can also understand that desire for quiet and isolation every now and then. To have someone constantly making noises, talking early in the morning and laughing late at night, it can be hella irritating. It sometimes makes me feel like an outsider that I can’t be as sociable as these people, but really it doesn’t make sense to me how they can be that talkative all the time. After 30 minutes to an hour I get irritated as well in simple conversations, but I know it’ll last longer.

[@JemeKhem]

Him killing the man, i noticed that he was kinda noticing his blood that came out sticky from the hit he gave, then rest follows with him imagining same imagination of this stickness over everything after that, its kind of like a hint to something

[@marreco6347]

It honestly scares me how much I related to this.

[@jobisselle2861]

Misophonia.......adhd?

[@brutaljk5997]

Get help perhaps?

[@maxxzornx6532]

Smegma male

[@ItJustWorksItJustWorks]

sigma male…

[@EvilSantaTheTrue]

the reply above me stop going to internet

[@meaterbeater6918]

bro i wish this became a real show

[@RodrigoArreguinramirez]

Por supuesto que terminó matando a su madre.

[@awilli182]

Is peace and quiet too much to ask for? All I see is a guy who just wanted some space....at any cost.

[@Existenciallvy]

Good film! Everything is sticky but even so, everything is distant from his mind.

[@Zack25031]

Mmm, ok pero... Porque lo mato exactamente? Solo porque estaba hablando muy fuerte igual que la mamá?

[@lisamiilkshake]

Si, su razón para matar es que son muy ruidosos

[@Zack25031]

@@lisamiilkshake ah ok, gracias, se me hacía muy raro todo los prisioneros parecían que ya lo conocían

[@male20yearsold]

this short animation gives you some reality that may only occurred only when you experienced it,

[@sebastiansalazar9506]

Damn that mom yaps a lot