Willy the 1st

Willy the 1st (Willy 1er, 2016) is a French comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. After the death of his twin brother, fifty-year-old Willy leaves his parents' home for the first time and heads to the next village over. He has a plan: an apartment, some friends, a life of his own. He is not entirely sure how any of those things work.

Co-directed by brothers Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma alongside Marielle Gautier and Hugo P. Thomas, this debut feature moves at Willy's own unhurried pace. Noémie Lvovsky co-stars. The film doesn't wring sentiment out of its protagonist — it just watches him arrive, fifty years late, and try. That restraint is what makes it land. Watch Willy the 1st online on iFILM.