the film be a hsc study text probably doesn not help it cause and but soon after i start watch i be wish the board of study have choose a more entertaining text . the action ( if the cinematic ramblings of a nostalgic director can be label a such ) take place in the working class suburb of lestaque in the south of france . the plot be simple the titular character fall in love and clichéd plot device pull them apart and before get back together for a feel good end . all wonderfully bland and formulaic . the only difference here be that there be a variety of interesting ( but pointless ) side character and subplots around them and sometimes genuinely good a individual scene but always jarringly disjoint . and here be the film main fault represent there be a lot of potential within the quirky neighbour and but they be reduce to little more than unrelated vignette that simply distract from the main story . by themselves and unrelated vignette would have be fine as would a bland romance . but by mix the two and director robert gediguian create an unappetising sludge that be messy and meandering and bore a crime with such potentially interest character to explore .