Le retour des vagues is an animated short film by Manon Cansell, Alejandra Guevara Cervera, Edward Kurchevsky, three students from Gobelin – l’École de l’Image.

Coming back to his hometown in hopes of reconnecting with his past, a young man encounters the place completely stopped in time. Moving through the familiar streets, memories disorient him as he faces what he once left behind. This is the plot of the short film, and the story, melancholic and nostalgic, perfectly matches the atmosphere created and the color palette chosen.