Philippe Vittoriani

Outwardly a chilling portrait of the aimless lives of unemployed inner city youths living on society's fringe, the underlying message of this volatile drama seems to call for violence to rectify social injustices. The film centers on two teenaged gangs who basically terrorize their neighborhoods with their anarchic behavior. There are few limits to their unpleasant philosophy of "desire equals acquisition." The loosely structured tale reaches its climax at a concert where the two rival groups collide.

A real con artist: Joe Laboissière, a former bank teller (nicknamed “Joe Dandy” by all his fellow inmates), is released from prison after two years for a crime he didn’t commit.