2:14 PM

Five high school students try to break free and search for happiness by any means necessary: carving their bodies, pretending to be blind, reshaping their image on social media, diving into drugs. Their intertwined journeys lead them to glimpse a ray of hope—until everything falls apart at 2:14PM.

Director’s statement
Luciano Lepinay, an experienced animation art director, was inspired to direct after discovering David Paquet's play 2h14, which resonated with his reflections on adolescence — a period of turmoil and vulnerability. Drawing from his own experiences as a parent and witness to teenage distress, he aims to explore the pressures young people face today — amplified by social media, global crises, and isolation.
With screenwriter Virginie Boda, he adapted the play into a four-day narrative leading to tragedy, grounding each character in modern reality. The transformation of Charles into a TikTok influencer makes his phone a symbolic weapon, exposing the destructive power of technology and online culture.
Mixing Larry Clark's raw realism with Gus Van Sant's poetic light, Luciano uses animation to tackle themes of violence, addiction, sexuality, and alienation — creating an empathetic, emotional, and contemporary portrait of youth.