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The Shrinking Man

L’Homme qui rétrécit
Jan Kounen
France, Belgium 2025, 99 minutes    

Oscar-winning French superstar Jean Dujardin always wanted to reinterpret Richard Matheson’s classic 1956 novel ‘The Incredible Shrinking Man’ and with director Jan Kounen’s visionary style, this new adaptation is a triumph. Shipbuilder Paul encounters a strange meteorological phenomenon while swimming and begins to shrink inexorably. With medical science powerless to help, when he accidentally finds himself trapped in his own basement, measuring only a few centimetres tall, he must fight to survive clashes with his pet cat, a mouse trap and a spider as his once-familiar environment becomes hostile. An existential experience about grappling with a diminishing sense of self.


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2025 Méliès winner at

Trieste Science+Fiction Festival