Overview
- The second feature from Lise Akoka and Romane Guéret arrives in French cinemas on January 7 after an earlier Cannes presentation.
- Shirel Nataf and Fanta Kebe star as novice camp leaders guiding children from Paris suburbs during a summer stay in the Drôme, with Amel Bent in a prominent role.
- The filmmakers spent about a year on a street casting that saw roughly 1,500 children and ultimately selected 18 from varied backgrounds.
- Production recreated a functioning summer camp to comply with child work rules, while on set the directors guided actors via earpieces and shot marathon takes of around forty minutes.
- Critics praise the leads’ authenticity and the film’s humane comic tone, though at least one review from Sud Ouest finds the narrative execution overly calculated.