Simon's Got a Gift

Simon's Got a Gift (La Dernière Vie de Simon, 2020) is a French-Belgian fantasy drama you can watch online on iFILM. An orphaned boy can copy the appearance of anyone he has touched, and Léo Karmann's debut feature uses that single idea to ask what a lonely kid would do to belong. Benjamin Voisin plays the lead.

When his best friend dies in an accident with no one else around, Simon makes a terrible choice: he becomes the dead boy and slips into his grieving family. Ten years pass. The lie hardens into a second skin, and tearing it off would cost him a home, a mother who now believes he is her son, and a girl who loves a face that was never really his.

Karmann keeps the effects minimal and stays with the ache of it — guilt, longing, the fear of being found out. It's a quiet, melancholy watch for anyone who likes their fantasy grounded in real feeling rather than spectacle. Stream Simon's Got a Gift (2020) online on iFILM.