一名未成年的少女，需要成年人的陪伴才能去探監；一位母親來到異國，為的是探視殺她兒子的凶手；另一名男子考慮替代黑幫人物扛代誌，以獲得鉅富…在教養院旁長大的導演，藉由看似無關的三段關係，勾勒監獄之外瘋狂的世界與底層生活，寫實筆觸與緊湊劇情緊密扣連，手法洗練，也讓蕾雅佛奈兒成為當年法國最受矚目的新銳導演。

Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He tries, with his family's support, to find a job and live a normal life. But nothing's normal in the ghetto.