Growing up on a struggling farm in the middle of rural France is no easy task. But imagine growing up there with an Edward Scissorhands-style back brace strapped to your body at all times, making you walk around town like a pre-teen metal monster.
Such is the sad fate of 11-year-old Christophe, the disjointed young hero of animator Louis Clichy’s moving feature debut, Iron Boy (Le Corset), which premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar and was just picked up by Sony Pictures Classics.
Iron Boy
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Lyrical and authentic.
