The Breakdown

  • Authenticity and sincerity over pretense
  • Class and taste clash with real heart
  • Lesbian subplot folds into hetero romance
  • Michel Leclerc's signature world-collision style
  • Music and romance drive the plot, not messaging

Side Effects

opposites attract across banlieue chic divide, no lectures attached

Watch Instead

Loved it? Mainline 'Le Nom des Gens' next — same director, sharper class satire.