Antheor

Synopsis

A young woman returns to Anthéor, an idyllic stretch of the French Mediterranean coast where beauty and memory exist side by side. Driven by powerful winds and an increasingly dreamlike landscape, she crosses a wild sea and razor-sharp rocks as the place around her begins to reveal traces of a violent past. Directed by Patrice Joseph Blanc, Anthéor is a poetic French animated short about war trauma, memory, grief and the invisible wounds carried by survivors and descendants. Set on the Corniche d’Or, a breathtaking part of southern France that was also a site of the Provence landings during World War II, the film explores the unsettling contrast between a place of extraordinary beauty and the suffering buried beneath it. With its pastel palette and painterly atmosphere, the film moves…