简介：LéaPool’s13thfeatureisnotforeveryone,andcertainlynotforthefaintofheart.Thefilmisframedasaconfessionalmonologueaboutaprecociousyounggirlrecountingherbrieflifetoanenigmaticfemaleauthorityfigure.BasedonapopularnovelbySophieBienvenu,co-writerPool’saffectingfilmtellsthedisturbing,poignantstoryof14-year-oldAïcha(aluminousSophieNélisse)whospendsmostofherdayswastinghertimeroamingaroundherworking-classneighbourhoodinMontréal.Shedoesn’thavemanyrealfriendsexceptfortwotransvestitesexworkerstowhomshe’skindofalovablemascot.SheliveswithherdistractedmotherIsabelle(KarineVanasse)andthememoryofherturfedAlgerianstepfatherHakim,whomayhavelovedtheteenagertoomuch.Aïchacannotforgivehermotherforshowinghimthedoor,butthere’ssomethingleftoutoftheiroften-shouteddialoguewhichisslowlyrevealed.Whenourwide-eyedheroineencountersBaz(Jean-SimonLeduc),asympathetictwenty-somethingmusician,shefallsforhimascompletelyandaspainfullyasonlyanadolescentcan……