Beurk !

Yuck! | Igitt!
Yuck! Couples kissing on the mouth are gross. And the worst thing is, you can’t miss them: when people are about to kiss, their lips go all pink and shiny. Little Léo laughs at them, just like all the other kids at the campsite. But he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try, too.
by Loïc Espuche
with Noé Chabbat, Katell Varvat, Enzo Desmedt, Camille Bouisson, Hugo Chauvel, Roman Freud, Mattias Marcussy, Mokhtar Camara, Olivia Chatain, Théo Costa
France 2024 French 13’ International premiere | Animation recommendation: 8 years and up

With

  • Noé Chabbat (Léo)
  • Katell Varvat (Lucie)
  • Enzo Desmedt (Le petit fr``ere)
  • Camille Bouisson (La grande soeur)
  • Hugo Chauvel (Le copain de camping)
  • Roman Freud (Messi)
  • Mattias Marcussy (Ronaldo)
  • Mokhtar Camara (Mbappé)
  • Olivia Chatain (Mutter von Léo)
  • Théo Costa (Vater von Léo)

Crew

Director Loïc Espuche
Screenplay Loïc Espuche
Editing Héloïse Pelloquet
Music Aliénor Doublet
Sound Design Grégoire Chauvot
Sound Maxime Roy, Gilles Marsalet, Elias Boughedir
Animation Léo Schweitzer, Simon Duong, Anne-Louise Erambert, Emma Carré, Laure Escadafals, Elie Martens
Producer Juliette Marquet
Co-Producer Manon Messiant
Co-Production Iliade et Films Paris

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Loïc Espuche

Born in 1989, the director studied visual communication at La Martinière in Lyon followed by animation and filmmaking at the Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d’Animation (ETMA) in Angoulême and at La Poudrière in Bourg-lès-Valence, all in France.

Filmography

2013 Je repasserai dans la semaine (I’ll Come Back in a Few Days); co-director, short film 2015 Tombés du nid; short film · Les chocottes; short film 2016 Mutation – En sortant de l’école; short film 2024 Beurk ! (Yuck!); short film

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024