This movie is a great argument for birth control.Cyril (Thomas Doret) refuses to believe that his father (Jérémie Renier) has left him in a foster home. He is desperate for love and affection, so when a kind hairdresser named Samantha (Cécile de France) finds and returns the bike his father sold, he impulsively asks her to be his foster family. She agrees to take him on weekends and the two form a tenuous bond that is threatened when a local gang leader (Egon Di Mateo) recruits Cyril to be his patsy.
Honestly, I'm not sure what all the hype was surrounding this movie. Like, I don't know what about it qualified it for a Golden Globe nomination over countless other films. You're literally just watching a kid go through his day. Is that-- something that people are interested in? Because I found it pretty lackluster. This is just a basic character drama and we all know how I feel about those.
It's currently streaming on the Criterion Channel and also Hulu, I think.
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