Cast: Vahina Giocante, Mohamed Khouas
This coming-of-age love story explores the emotions of a young muslim man living near the city of Paris. Growing up in a poor ghetto all his life with his single mother having never travelled anywhere else, Chimo has no hope for a better life. Days roll by as he observes and writes of the depraved existence about him. He reckons he can't do much better than his friends. His friends who slouch around making a scrap living with shifty dealings tell him no better. That is until Lila, a beautiful blonde girl arrives in their neighborhood. Provocatively dressed, Lila markedly ignores his friends but takes a liking to Chimo. She befriends him, sharing salacious stories, suggestive thoughts, and generally riling him up till he frets with not knowing how to be around her or what to say to her. Avoid her though, he can't. The closer they get, the more titillating she is leaving him but absorbed. Seeing her preference for him, his friends rankle wih rage. What lies behind Lila's provoking character or what his enraged, rejected friends get up to? The movie takes you on a vivid emotional journey through a teenager's eventful summer.
Rating: A 4 out of 5 stars.
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