Editor
아홉 살이 된 생일날 까미유(닐스 위공)는 부모 앞에서 선언한다. "오랫동안 생각해봤는데 아무리 생각해도 당신은 제 어머니가 아닌 것 같습니다. 저는 제 어머니를 찾으러 가겠습니다." 까미유의 엄마 아리안(이자벨 위페르)은 황당해서 아무런 말도 못 한다. 그래서 "도대체 왜 그런 생각을 한 거니?"라고 묻자, 까미유는 반문한다. "당신은 제가 태어난 시간을 아시나요?" 말 못하는 어머니 앞에서 까미유는 디지털 카메라를 꺼내 든다.
Assistant Editor
The comedy in this lively film barely conceals its darker, more serious undertones as it chronicles a young Algerian's eye-opening introduction to the joys and travails of being an immigrant in Paris. Alilo has left his home to pick up an important suitcase for his employer. Unfortunately, he has lost the Parisian address. Fortunately, his cousin Mok, emigrated there several years before with his middle-class family before and is able to act as a guide. Mok, an aspiring rap singer, comes from a middle-class family, but chooses to live on his own in the dilapidated deteriorating 18th district, known as 'Moskova.' Mok characterizes the place as a haven for artists and intellectuals, but it is plainly just a Third World slum filled with tightly knit and colorful neighbors. Mok and Alilo have many interesting, some tragedy-tinged adventures over the five days it takes them to find the suitcase.
