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L’esquive, by Abdellatif Kechiche (117’)

A group of teenagers from the housing projects of the Paris suburbs practice a passage from the play L’esquive, by Marivaux for their French class. Abdelkrim, or Krimo, who initially does not act in the play, falls in love with Lydia the divaesque lead actress. In order to try to seduce her, he accepts the role of Arlequin and joins the rehearsal…