104 minutes
8/18/1993
A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of slum apartment blocks. Aggressive, sexually threatening boys of all ages are everywhere, and while the teacher eventually relents to a gang of adolescent rapists, Victorine gives herself to a rowdy gang of older layabouts, eventually winning the heart of burglar Paul.
Anouk Grinberg
as Victorine
Myriam Boyer
as La mère / The mother
Olivier Martinez
as Petit Paul
Marcello Mastroianni
as Le père / The father
Jean-Michel Noirey
as Maurice Le Garrec
Jean-Pierre Marielle
as L'homme seul / The lonely man
Claude Brasseur
as L'enfoiré / The dumb
Denise Chalem
as l'institutrice
Éva Darlan
as Jeannine
Irène Tassembédo
as Gladys Boigny
Patrick Bouchitey
as Marcel, le barman
Charles Schneider
as le sergent Boigny
Stéphane Slima
as Rafik
Solenn Jarniou
Baptiste Roussillon
Pascal Librizzi
Chad Chenouga
Jean-Jacques Devaux
Bass Dhem
Évelyne Garde
Alexis Cossou
Farid Menaa
Prescilla Reami
Feyçal Adamou
Abou Watte
Didier Fokine
Choukri Bounad
Jonathan Polidoro
Kader Setouti
Renaud Plion
Olivier Gamès
Christian Banoyan
Hafid Fedaouche
Thierry Blein
Jean-Jérôme Esposito
Zam Mari
Sada Mari
Frédéric Putto
Stéphane Mouries
Morad Rabah
François Ferrandi
Sébastien Grazzini
Cyril Egla
Aziz Ladjaj
Victorien Delamare
Gilles Terussi
Lotti Ouerghi
Nordine M'Djassiri
Anthony Guerini
Bouhaleme Boudjema
Mourir Trabelsi
Aissa Omar
Touati Feyçal
Mourad Taibi
Nordin Kadri