AND THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEM

Adapted from the 2018 Prix Goncourt, this coming-of-age story unfurls over the course of four endless yet oh-so-brief summers, starting in 1992. In a forgotten de-industrialised French valley, the destinies of Anthony, Steph and Hacine intersect – three teenagers drowning in their lack of horizons while deep-diving into love and turmoil. The young Paul Kircher, awarded Best New Young Actor at Venice, portrays the vulnerability of first love amid racial and class tensions. The Boukherma twins’ staging is dominated by an intense sense of romanticism and visceral energy, accompanied by a powerful ‘90s soundtrack that spans artists from the Pixies to Francis Cabrel – the best tunes to embrace beauty and disappointment.