Fiction  

Le Magasin des compliments

Directed by Titouan Laporte
France, 2022, 10 min.
Romain's compliment store, where customers boost spirits by purchasing or gifting compliments, faces a challenge when a skeptical customer questions the store's purpose.
Empty space, drag to resize

Watch

Le Magasin des compliments

Click below to watch with:
  • No subtitles
  • French subtitles only
  • English subtitles only
Click below to watch with: 
English + French 
dual subtitles
Subtitles are embedded on screen and cannot be turned off.
What did you think of “Le Magasin des compliments”?
Click here to share your feedback!
“After Shorts” is a talk show in which your hosts break down the vocabulary, expressions and cultural references used in each short film available on 6pm in Paris. It's like watching with a French friend!
Part 1
Vocab & expressions
Le Magasin des compliments After Shorts
Part 2
Cultural References
Handout
Vocab & expressions
What did you think of these “After Shorts” episodes?
Click here to share your feedback!

About this film

Synopsis (fr)
Romain a récemment ouvert un magasin de compliments. Les différents clients viennent pour s'y ressourcer, retrouver le sourire, le moral en s’achetant un compliment ou simplement pour en offrir un à leurs proches. Mais tout va basculer lorsqu'un client particulier va entrer dans le magasin, remettant en question la vision de son propre travail...
Synopsis (en)
Romain recently opened a compliment store. Different customers come in to recharge their batteries, to smile and cheer up by buying a compliment or simply to give one to their loved ones. But everything is about to change when a particular customer enters the shop, questioning the vision of his own work...
Direction:Titouan Laporte; Production: Titouan Laporte; Image: Titouan Laporte; Sound: Timothée de Sereville; Editing: Titouan Laporte; Soundtrack: Igor Dvorkin; Cast: François-Dominique Blin, Wally Bajeux, David Chenaud, Abtin Dolatin, Mathilde Guzzo, Charles Halphen, Shams Hegab-Cavelier, Anaïs Hua, Eric Jakobiak, Jean-Paul Loyer, Laly Meignan