Overview

• French reviews published today elevate the film’s profile, with Télérama naming it a coup de cœur and L’Humanité emphasizing its on-the-ground portrait of Canada Real.
• The feature marks Galoe’s debut and was shot in Europe’s largest shantytown, capturing improvised homes, dusty expanses and a resourceful, multicultural community.
• Critics underline a hybrid form that fuses gritty realism with verismo and subtle supernatural inflections.
• The narrative follows the bond between two adolescents as a communal way of life nears its twilight, avoiding conventional coming-of-age beats.
• First shown at Cannes Critics’ Week, the film stars Antonio Fernández Gabarre, Bilal Sedraoui and Jesús Fernández Silva, and runs 1h37.