AND THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEM

August 1992. 14 year-old Anthony and his cousin kill boredom by the lake. They live in a rusty valley in Eastern France that they share with the extinguished furnaces and factory ruins of the once-industrious small town their parents knew. A chance meeting with an older girl, Steph this stifling afternoon will unlock a summer of first love that will come to define everything, a bittersweet moment in Anthony’s life marking the end of childhood and a coming of age. Rebellious and frustrated, young Hacine turns both their lives entirely upside down. Over the course of four crucial summers, the destinies of Anthony, Steph, and Hacine intersect, collide, and intertwine. In this whirlwind of adolescent turmoil, love tries to forge a path.