petits freres (DVD)
French director Jacques Doillon (PONETTE, LE PETIT CRIMINEL) creates another slice-of-life drama about disaffected youth with PETITS FRERES. Stephanie Touly stars as Talia, a 13-year old girl who escapes her sexually abusive stepfather and together with her pit bull terrier, Kim, heads for the Pantin projects outside Paris. There she meets the little guys, a gang of Arab, black, and Jewish youths who lead a life of idleness and petty crime. Though they befriend Talia, it's initially only in order...