Asphalt Playground

Where I come from, when you stop dreaming, you die.

A coming-of-age drama set in a working-class housing estate that balances youthful dreams and romantic yearning against the darker pull of crime and social constraint.

Mitraillette is 12 years old and lives in Rose City, a housing estate he would not leave for anything. His whole world comprises his family, especially his 16 year-old cousin Isma, who has taken a fancy to Narcisse, the local crime boss. His older brother Djibril is 22, a student at the Sorbonne who dreams of becoming a lawyer. As for Mitraillette, he has his eye on Océane, the most beautiful girl in his school...