Labidi is a young man of today: he goes from petty scams to odd jobs, shares a tiny room with a flatmate, and dreams of being a writer. But when he meets Elisa, he is forced to rethink his lifestyle and stop living beyond his means.
A sensitive, melancholic first film starring two irresistible actors (Aurélien Gabrielli and Louise Chevillotte), in which director Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas depicts an aspiring writer whose precarious lifestyle reveals the state of emergency endured by an entire generation.
MY FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL - 2023 OFFICIAL SELECTION
DIRECTED BY LOUDA BEN SALAH-CAZANAS
FRANCE | 2021 | FRENCH WITH ENLISH SUBTITLES
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