

Max and Lenny is the story of a friendship between two girls fighting for survival in a northern area of Marseille.
Acting
Pand'or and Kalvanda's volcanic chemistry — non-actors who became the real deal
Direction
Nicolas shoots Marseille's north like a forgotten country
Cinematography
Handheld chaos that never loses its girls in the frame
Director
Fred Nicolas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lead actresses were discovered in Marseille's actual Cité des Rosiers housing project, where filming took place.
Part of a 2010s wave of French banlieue films finally centering girls instead of boys with bikes.