Zakaria-Tayeb Lazab

In one of the poorest areas of Paris, a school counselor devotes herself to working with disadvantaged students, while facing challenges of her own.

Paris, a working-class neighborhood in the 19th arrondissement. Shaï and Djeneba are 19 years old and have been friends since childhood. One is burdened by an overbearing family. The other by deep loneliness. Over the course of a summer, they work as counselors at a summer camp, far from the tower blocks where they grew up—no longer quite children, yet officially responsible for a group of kids aged 6 to 10. On the cusp of adulthood, they will have to make choices to grow up and reinvent their friendship.

Sixteen-year-old Shaï, Djeneba, Aladi, and Ismaël grew up between the four towers of Place des Fêtes, a working-class neighborhood in Paris. Together, they let the hours slip by, joke around, and play their favorite game: "Would You Rather."

A violinist looks to inspire his students at a challenging music school.