
Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, lands a job, and must overcome various temptations in order to keep it. Olivier, nearing 18, may be falling in love with Hicham, a young man who constantly practices capoeira on the shores of the lake. Both violence and fraternity... (Full plot summary below)
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Annecy is no tourist destination for three working-class Algerian brothers and their father, in the months after their mother has died. Marc is deeply troubled: he tries to stiff drug dealers and then plots revenge. Christophe is released from jail, lands a job, and must overcome various temptations in order to keep it. Olivier, nearing 18, may be falling in love with Hicham, a young man who constantly practices capoeira on the shores of the lake. Both violence and fraternity are close to the surface of most interactions. How each brother emerges from his challenge comprises the film's drama. Is there any way in which these men can be a family?
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| Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)Randy ShulmanImagine a Jean Daniel Cadinot porn without the explicit sex...and chances are you have a pretty good idea of what sitting through this drama from Gael Morel is like. |
| Huffington PostBrandon JudellIt's just a bunch of rough-and-tumble Abercrombie and Finch models trying to find love, survive, sell drugs, kill a dog, or come out of the closet. |
| Mixed ReviewsGabriel ShanksDarkly rich in character and mood, provocative in intent...but ultimately foiled by inattention to its own story. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezRumble Fish as directed by François Ozon. |
| BBC.comJonathan TroutA loving, photographic study of beautiful, bored, alienated masculinity. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohMorel[...]will shamelessly go anywhere to elicit intense viewer response. |
| L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy[The film] is most successful if viewed as a glossy video-log of a men's trendy lifestyle photo shoot. |
| Village VoiceDennis LimFor those so inclined, this lulling, banal, and rather pleasant film cultivates a mood of zone-out voyeurism. In the absence of a larger purpose, Morel is content to ogle, perhaps rightly assuming that his viewers will be too. |
| User Reviewcourtney mBeautifully filmed. Great story, great acting. |
| User ReviewDave SLoved it! bought it off a whim, but it turns out it was really good. Their lifes are so complicated and hard, that it's easy to relate to them all, it sucks you right in! |