Swagger (2016)
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A documentary gives eleven young people from disadvantaged French housing projects space to share their perspectives, reflections, and ambitions.
The story
This documentary looks inside the minds of eleven children and teenagers growing up in some of France’s most disadvantaged housing projects. Through their distinctive and unexpected perspectives, the young people offer funny, hard-hitting reflections on their lives. The film presents a mosaic of encounters and uses a free-spirited approach that moves across genres, including musical comedy and science fiction, to bring their words and dreams to life. Despite the difficulties they face, the children of Aulnay and Sevran have dreams and ambition.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
A teen-movie documentary, *Swagger* takes us inside the minds of eleven children and teenagers with surprising personalities, growing up in some of France’s most disadvantaged housing projects. The film shows us the world through their distinctive, unexpected perspectives and their funny, hard-hitting reflections. With a free-spirited, confident approach to filmmaking, *Swagger* unfolds a mosaic of encounters, mixing genres all the way to musical comedy and science fiction. It brings these teenagers’ words and dreams to life with humor and poetry. Because, despite the difficulties in their lives, the children of Aulnay and Sevran have dreams and ambition. And no one can take that away from them!
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