Corniche Kennedy (2016)
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Lola Créton, Aïssa Maïga, Kamel Kadri, Alain Demaria, Moussa Maaskri, Linda Lassoued
A well-to-do student joins a daring group of young people who dive from a ledge by Marseille’s Corniche Kennedy.
The story
Suzanne, a well-to-do young woman preparing for her baccalaureate exams, watches young people from Marseille’s housing estates challenge one another to dive from a natural ledge beside the Corniche Kennedy road. After she photographs them, the group spots her and, irritated, challenges her to dive as well. Suzanne gradually becomes part of the group and enjoys the freedom she finds with them. She grows close to the daredevil Mehdi and falls in love with Marco, who works as a driver for a drug kingpin and is under police surveillance.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Suzanne, a well-to-do young woman about to take her baccalaureate exams, watches a group of young men and women from Marseille’s housing estates dare one another to dive from a natural ledge beside the Corniche Kennedy road. She photographs them, but the group spots her and, annoyed, makes her dive too, so she can prove herself. Gradually, she becomes part of the group, whose freedom she enjoys. She grows especially close to Mehdi, one of the most daredevil members, and falls in love with Marco. But Marco, who works as a driver for a drug kingpin, is under police surveillance.
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