Shaïn Boumedine

After the ode to love of "Loving", the b-side, about sadness, breaks-up, loneliness.

Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his life during a fresher initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint-Cyr. As the death tears through his family, controversy arises over Aissa’s funeral plans when the Army refuses to take responsibility. Ismael, his older, rebellious brother, tries to keep the family united as they fight to win justice for Aissa.

Victor, in his early 20s, works at the town hall and lives with his girlfriend Charlotte, who is expecting their first child. When an incident happens at the nearby nuclear power plant, he and his high school friends are forced to confine themselves inside a farmhouse, whereas they should have evacuated the area. As the rain is threatening, they are keeping an eye out for the radioactive cloud. The next 24 hours will be crucial.

Because he forgot his identity card, Elias cannot take the entrance exam to Sciences Po. In search of a job while waiting to be able to take the exam again, he becomes an educator in a children's home. Confronted with an environment he doesn't know how to work, Elias doesn't yet know how much this experience will change his life.

Anna only knows the world through the news articles read by her father. One hot summer’s day, she is forced to confront reality.

It's the end of summer vacation for Amin. The young photographer spends cozy evenings with Charlotte, the ex-girlfriend of his Casanova cousin. She talks to him about literature, he photographs her. Nobody knows that they see each other, especially not Ophélie, his childhood friend, who instead confides her troubles to Amin : her father wants her to take over the family farm, her fiancé Clement will return soon from Iraq for their wedding, she is pregnant with Tony’s baby, and Tony wants to keep their affair secret instead of having a serious relationship. Ophélie constantly contemplates her choices : would it be better to get an abortion in secret and marry Clement or to follow her maternal instinct and keep the child, perhaps seeking refuge with Amin in Paris?

Verano de 1994. Amin (Shaïn Boumedine), un joven aspirante a guionista y fotógrafo, regresa a su pueblo costero en el sur de Francia después de vivir un año en París. Nada más llegar descubre que su primo Tony (Salim Kechiouche) mantiene un romance secreto con la joven Ophélie (Ophélie Bau), que está prometida. Amin pasa el tiempo en la playa mientras se reencuentra con sus amigos y familia, todos de origen tunecino. Conocerá a varias chicas que disfrutan del verano, especialmente la liberal Céline (Lou Luttiau) y la cándida Charlotte (Alexia Chardard), seducida por el mujeriego Tony. Por la noche todos salen de fiesta a divertirse. Siempre discreto y reservado, Amin observa los juegos de seducción a su alrededor, anhelando vivir su propio romance como en las películas, pero cuando se trata de amor, solo el mektoub ("destino" en árabe) puede decidir.

It’s the end of summer vacation for Amin. The young photographer spends cozy evenings with Charlotte, the ex-girlfriend of his casanova cousin. She talks to him about literature, he photographs her. Between Amin’s encounters with these women and his dreams of cinema, many choices open up to him.