Monsieur Noun, an eighty-year-old former projectionist from Egypt, lives alone in his Paris apartment. His neighbour Anna is a fragile, drug-addicted Romanian prostitute. Together they share their daily joys and sorrows. After fif- teen years’ absence, Monsieur Noun’s grandson arrives and begins capturing the pair on camera, until the day that Monsieur Noun suddenly vanishes. Un nuage dans un verre d’eau draws on a long cinematic tradition of odd couples, juxtaposing two very contrasting characters. Out of a generally oppressive and gloomy atmosphere emerge unexpected flourishes of fantasy: animated sequences take us inside human bodies, glide through nature, delve into comic books... This magic realism allows the characters to bring their wildest ideas to life, awaken old memories, set objects into motion and even avenge the dead. As surreal as its title suggests, Un nuage dans un verre d’eau is unclassifiable and resolutely original, mixing the most disparate registers with remarkable success. Poetic humour and unsettling fantasy conspire to create a strange, mesmerizing charm, professing a deep love for the cinema and graced by superb lead performances.