Farid, a teenager of Algerian descent, spends his free time hanging out with the wrong crowds in the suburbs south of Paris while maintaining a secret relationship with illustrator Jean. Both Jean and Farid are unsure about the future of their relationship - Farid wants Jean to move to Algiers with him, but Jean doesn't want to continue being Farid's secret. But when Farid becomes embroiled in a police matter, both his passionate private life and conservative family life hurtle towards one another, with explosive results.
Direction
Collard's raw early voice, already fearless.
Acting
Ali Baouche's smoldering, trapped intensity.
Director
Cyril Collard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Vitry-sur-Seine, Collard captures the 1980s banlieue before it became cinematic shorthand for unrest — this is lived-in, not exoticized.
Made six years before Les Nuits Fauves, this student short already contains Collard's autobiographical blueprint: queer desire, North African heritage, and self-destructive protagonists.
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