Paul Smail, 27, born in France of Arab parentage, a grandfather killed serving in the French Army, his father a quiet, law-abiding model of "integration", his lifetime spent in a modest job on the railroad... Paul, full of unexpressed anger, spends his time reading, dreaming, boxing... he deeply loves his "little brother" Daniel, more rebellious than himself, more fragile, too, perhaps who suffers even more from his condition of "outsider", of "immigrant"... He's crazy about Myriam, the love of his life, and also about litterature, his passion. For Paul is highly educated, yest can't find a job worthy of his studies. So he lives in a single room, in a poor quarter, and he delivers pizzas while he's waiting. But waiting for what ? What can save him from rage and self-hatred, except words, the firs words of his novel, "Life Kills Me", the book that will him to live.

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Sami BOUAJILA Jalil LESPERT Sylvie TESTUD Simon BAKINDE M'hamed BENGUETTAF Teco CELIO Djemel BAREK Roger IBANEZ Marc ANDREONI

Director : Jean-Pierre SINAPI
Author : Jean-Pierre SINAPI, Daniel TONACHELLA

Image: Pierre AÏM, Jean Paul MEURISSE
Sound: Jean Michel CHAUVET, Corinne ROZENBERG
Editor Master: Catherine SCHWARTZ
Mixing: François GROULT
Original score : Louis SCLAVIS (Editions : Jean-Marie SALHANI Catalogue Indigènes)


National Release (France): 18th June 2003
Version : French
Length : 96'
Media type : 35mm

DVD : One Plus One