The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Benjamin is at war: with life, with adults, with himself. From his earliest childhood onwards, the 13-year old has been shunted from one care home to another. When his mother has to go to prison, he is sent to his father, whom he has never known. The man turns out to be a dead loss, a warehouseman who's given up on life, a man in his mid-40s who still lives with his Moroccan parents in a high-rise block in the banlieue. Benjamin's turbulence and violence soon prove too much for his new family.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
10 audience votes
Key crew
- Hicham AyouchDirector
- Hicham AyouchWriter
- Hafed BenotmanWriter
- Aicha YacoubiWriter
Cast
- Didier MichonBenjamin
- Slimane DaziKarim Zeroubi
- Farida AmroucheZohra Zeroubi
- Emilia Derou-BernalL’assistante Sociale
- Lounès TazairtAbdelkader Zeroubi
- Tony HarrissonClaude
- Pascal ElsoNounours
- Mohamed AroussiHeikel Zeroubi
- Alain AzerotM. Teddy
- Emilia Derou-BernalL'assistante sociale
- Adrien Saint-JoréM. Lopez
- Atika TaoualitTrini
Themes
juvenile delinquent