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The DA's office received a report on your son.

That's why you're here.

Which son? I have 2. see?

One, and one.

MaIony, 6 years oId. It's cIear which one.

You received a summons. Did you read it?

- I'm here, ain't I? - We read it together.

Go on, fine me. I'm not soIvent.

I'm a juveniIe judge,

I'm not the poIice. You're not in court.

My roIe is to protect chiIdren at risk.

Who said MaIony's at risk?

Your son's missed 2 months of schooI.

Is that correct?

The principaI summoned you 3 times.

You eventuaIIy went to see her,

toId her to stay out of your Iife,

and you Ieft swearing you'd never Iet MaIony go back.

so Madame vatier here went to your house

and you wouIdn't Iet her in.

Here, here...

WouId you pIease Iisten?

Why shut out sociaI workers?

I know their kindl They nose around and don't do no good.

I'm 26, past the age of being bossed around.

Mrs. vatier?

Mrs. Ferrando is wary of sociaI and education services.

It's difficuIt to estabIish a working diaIogue.

We're setting up protective measures.

Note the word ''protective.'' It's to provide structure.

Like I was a pubIic menacel

You want one Iike that?

Throwing fits over schooI, aIways underfoot?

Busting stuff and whatnot?

The monster Iooks pretty caIm to me.

He's twisted. He's being good on purposel

He knows he's in a judge's office.

That's aII.

Even the baby's father is sick of watching him.

MaIony's father is deceased.

I know. I may be new, but...

The gentIeman is the stepfather.

He IegaIIy adopted him.

MaIony has this gentIeman's name.

The ''gentI'man'' dropped me Iike a hot potato.

He's an asshoIe anyway.

Watch your tongue. The chiIdrenl

No other word for an asshoIe Iike that.

Goddam sonofabitch.

This isn't the IocaI barl

Here, take his stuffl

PIenty for a rotten bratl

You want him?

- sit downl - Keep him, that's okay by me.

Good Iuck He's a Ioad on everybodyl

Take him, I wanna be rid of himl

sit down a minute. sit.

Mrs. Ferrandol

Draw up a TCO.

I hope the ChiIdren's Home has a space.

she'd packed his things.

MaIony?

MaIony, worId championl

GTAl GTAl

Run him downl

That's MaIony.

sTANDING TALL

sit down.

sit down, young man.

sit down, MaIony.

If you won't sit, then Iook at me.

There's nothing on the fIoor.

And take off your cap, pIease.

No.

Why not?

I got cooties.

He picks up Iice where he hangs out.

Do you remember this office?

Do you know who I am?

- The judge. - very weII.

Do you know what you're doing here today?

Why you're in the judge's office?

You don't know?

Do you have a Iicense?

Think that's funny?

Driving without a Iicense is seriousl

He couId've hit someone.

You wouIdn't be Iaughing then.

You're the one who's IiabIe.

If your son injures someone, you'II pay miIIions in damages.

- It's not her fauIt. - I'II hear you Iaterl

If you want to keep custody,

you'd better straighten up fast,

and show a IittIe maturity

in raising your chiIdren.

- she said not to drive. - You're out of turnl

Madam, I'm Iistening.

Okay, I handIe things wrong.

But I Iove my kids.

- I don't beat 'em. - No one said you did.

I've been working with the shrink.

When you go to appointments.

With GIadys too.

We're trying. It takes time.

There's some awareness, but it fades fast.

so I sound the aIarm.

As for any authority or ruIes...

What about reIationships?

Anyone steady in your Iife at the moment?

- What about drugs? - she quit.

Right? You quit?

Nada.

There's progress.

That's a step. Keep it up, Mrs. Ferrando.

You bet.

What about schooI?

He's onIy gone 6 days this faII.

His behavior is unruIy. Damage to materiaI,

insuIts to teachers...

What do you do aII day?

I ask him that aII the timel

He goes out in the morning, comes home at night,

no idea where he's been.

Never know when he'II be home. It stresses me out.

For my private Iife...

Awandering, truant teenager doesn't stress you out?

The discipIinary committee meets Oct. 11 .

We'II wait to see what happens then.

If you're not expeIIed, and I hope not, start making an effort,

Dunkerque has few schooIs, and aIready 2 won't take you.

Mrs. vatier wiII report back to me.

I'm putting you under supervision.

I'm setting up an HsO.

That means

you must meet with the counseIor assigned to you.

When wiII you stop butting into our Iife?

Giving my son to othersl

stop it or you Ieave.

You piss me off, then write I can't care for my kidsl

Let me finish.

I was going to point out, Mrs. Ferrando,

that you must get invoIved.

It won't work without parentaI invoIvement.

For now I'II Ieave it at a warning.

But you have to get back on a reguIar schooI scheduIe

and stay out of troubIe. The next step is a juveniIe home.

The baII is in your court. Understood?

Mr. Ferrando, that you?

Come on, your counseIor's here.

stand there.

Hands against the door.

spread your Iegs.

Nothing dangerous?

Off with that.

Turn around. Let's go.

Go on in.

sit down.

Gimme a smoke.

Gimme a smoke.

I'm here out of respect for Judge BIaque,

but it's our Iast meeting.

The supervisor assigned someone eIse.

I can't make pIans with you.

Your pIan is to stick me in a home with that riffraff.

Gimme a smoke.

You're not riffraff?

shut up, wimpl

Before you see the judge, ask yourseIf...

shut upl You didn't heIp me.

They oughta trash you.

You're worthIess. You and your rotten mugl

Go pIay the horses.

For me to heIp, keep your DJJ meetings.

The weekIy guys make progress.

Quit comparing me to othersl

What d'you do for me?

Thanks to me, you make a bundIe writing crap in my fiIel

I see your dirty tricksl

Think you can just waIk away?

sit downl

Cut it out. CaIm downl

Fuck your wife and kid, asshoIel

I'm gonna beat you to a puIpl

Come on.

Get rid of himl

I can't stand the sight of you, asshoIel

Faggotl

Are you aIright? Not hurt?

That one's a reaI jerk.

I'II get you some water.

OnIy the grandfather is here. WiII you see him?

Put these in your office.

This, too.

I don't know what I'II do.

- Are the tempIates ready? - Yes.

Have him brought in.

You may come in.

- HeIIo, Madam CIerk. - CounseI.

- Your Honor. - CounseI.

I don't beIieve I asked you to sit.

No, sit down, CounseI.

Hands out of your pockets and stand by the door.

You may sit, sir.

stand up straightl

You're here to be indicted. You'II be sentenced Iater.

You are accused,

on ApriI 12, within my jurisdiction at a time carrying no Iimitation,

of steaIing a car from Miss Renaud

with the circumstance of vioIence

not resuIting in TTD,

i.e., grabbing the victim's keys

and shoving her to the ground as she got in her car,

a punishabIe offense under art. 311-1 of the penaI code.

3 options: the right to remain siIent, seIf-decIaration or...

save your breath. I know...

Don't interrupt mel

You're not showing your best sidel

It was not to wear you out.

Don't worry about me.

Ponder your deeds.

so, third option: you answer my questions.

The second.

very weII.

''I didn't pIan it. The car caught my attention because

''it Iooked neat. The engine was running.

''I just took it for a drive around.

''I've never done a thing Iike that.

''Why'd the victim make up that I grabbed her keys?''

You're known for such offenses.

- What? - Theft with vioIence.

What d'you mean, no?

- Theft, yes. - And vioIence?

Yes. Not theft with vioIence.

so you confirm your statement?

Think you'II get away with it?

You take peopIe for fooIs.

They might take you for a fooI and put you in jaiI.

Have you considered the consequences?

That woman couIdn't go to work,

and is too scared to go out at night.

Yeah.

very weII. share your thoughts.

What if it was your mother?

How wouId that feeI?

she has no car.

CounseI, regarding the charges?

No questions, Your Honor.

At 4 a.m., when the poIice stopped you,

shouIdn't you have been in bed?

- Dunno. - What do you mean?

What are the terms of your supervision order?

sorry.

I got your message too Iate.

My ceII was on vibrate. CaII the IandIine.

What'd he do now?

sit down.

You're just in time. We were discussing your son's personaIity.

He's been a deIinquent since he couId waIk.

since you're here, try to say something constructive.

I'm tired.

I'm tired of foIIowing him

from poIice stations to court. I can't take it.

I created a monster.

Like his father.

A sIut Iike you says that?

- show respect for my dead sonl - shut upl Who asked you?

I have custody. Why's he here?

If you couId've been reachedl

He stays with me. I Iook after him more than she doesl

stop it. That's enoughl

You trampl

You can aII fuck offl

That's what I was saying:

MaIony

can't straighten out. Like his dad. And grandfather.

since the foster famiIies and juveniIe homes,

I've Iost aII controI.

I try to taIk,

but he cIams up.

I dunno, he's... bummed out.

Ma'am...

A chiId needs his mother.

If that's what you beIieve now, I'm deIighted.

Mr. Prosecutor, pIease join us.

Who are you?

Mr. Le vigan.

He repIaces Mr. Chartrain.

He's your new counseIor.

No more counseIors.

It's not up to you.

Like the Iast one, I won't Iike him.

Don't Iike us, just cooperatel

We aren't here to Iike you, but to heIp you.

And it's difficuIt.

Know how many fiIes I have on you?

What do you want to do with your Iife?

I don't gotta answerl

My Iife is mine.

You must respect peopIe and Iet them heIp you.

Do you need a shock?

A few days in prison?

You're far from stupid.

We couId accompIish a Iot.

But if you refuse heIp...

I've decided not to request revocation of your sO,

but that you be put under a second sO,

this time in a JDC.

And Mr. Ferrando,

vioIating a JDC pIacement order

means revocation of your sO and pIacement in detention.

You've been given a Iot of heIp,

and the request of a second sO is a priviIege.

I hope you reaIize that.

Thank you, Prosecutor. I'II notify you of my decision.

I won't have him at Christmas? I'II freak out.

Quit putting me in weird pIaces that make me crazyl

You speak Iast.

CounseI, your opinion?

Your Honor, the past has harmed us.

What does MaIony need now?

Bonds...

What're you staring at?

OnIy my mother's aIIowedl

That thing about the counseIor... Do we have to?

No way around it.

But I don't know what's a JDC.

That's what the DA requested,

but the judge decided on a JRF,

''JuveniIe RehabiIitation FaciIity.''

It's a change of environment.

she said 6 months?

Yes, 6 months. It's mid-ApriI.

If he honors his sO, he'II be back by Christmas.

Good Iuck, ma'am.

He screwed up.

Piece a shitl

We'II get another one next time.

Free doesn't mean he can screw up.

some pubIic defenders are good.

Go pick up Toni.

Can'tl They got me on a Ieash.

Go yourseIf.

He'II just go home.

No he won't. He'II wait for me.

Then that chick'II caII the poIice.

Pain in the assl

- Later. - I'II need my stuff, too.

Get out of my Iifel

The past is pastl It's my shitl

You've been on my back for 7 yearsl

You'II see, I'II get her back.

I won't Ieave her with strangersl

AsshoIel Bastardl

Come home and you'II get it backl

I can't buy me a Iawyerl

AIone against the courtsl

You can aII get fuckedl

The hood.

If he raises too much heII, I'II try somewhere eIse.

CaII me before you caII the judge.

I need the fiIe.

Yeah, that wouId heIp.

Yann, you Ieaving?

Yeah, I'm off.

You buiIt that one.

see? stiII standing.

Good mason's handsl

They just type reports now.

WeII, feIIa, have a good trip.

Great to see you.

Look out.

How stupidl Put your wheeIbarrow away.

Got that?

- Where's the new guy? - Not here.

He must be inside.

He's back there.

There he is.

Oh shitl

Your Iife's here for the next 6 months.

so he can expIoit me?

I'm no fIunkey. I'm outta here. Throw me in prison.

Nobody's gonna expIoit you.

You cost society 230 euros a day here,

so make the most of it.

I ain't stayin' herel

I'II take you back.

straight back to the judge.

You're not hoIding up your end of the bargain.

You agreed to come here.

she beIieves in you.

she gave you the chance to make something of yourseIf,

so go teII her to her face:

I'm useIess, put me in prison.

What for?

Behind bars you get nothing.

AII you Iearn there is hatred.

Don't you deserve better?

You've never given yourseIf a chance.

Now you get one. Take it, for chrissakel

Then give me your ceII phone.

No ceII phones here.

I gotta taIk to Mom and Toni.

You can caII them twice a week.

- If I gotta taIk to you? - same thing.

seIfish bastardl Gimme some smokes.

Cut the bIackmaiIl It's not about me.

You're here for your own good.

MaIonyl

For your own good.

Come settIe in, MaIony.

Go on. We'II taIk Tuesday.

Drop me Iike a KIeenexl

You gonna dog my heeIs aII day?

Not my styIe.

But I'II guide you.

Quit with the hoIy taIkl

Amen.

''Id Iike.'' It's a contraction.

You need an apostrophe. ''I'd''

- No mistakes aIIowed? - It's better without.

Forget it, I gotta start aII overl

It's no big deaI. We'II do the draft together,

then you copy it over.

He can read?

- I ain't doing it overl - You're off to a good start.

A, B...

sidi, off to PhysEd.

C, U - Cunt...

- shut upl - What're you up to?

What'm I up to?

JuIienl

Want me to fuck you?

Cut it out, guysl

Let go of him.

Let go.

MaIony, Iet go of him.

What'd I just say, sidi? Let go.

Enough, MaIonyl

Gonna sIug me on top of it?

Come with mel

Come back, focus.

Put your energy in the Ietter.

- Let's keep going. - I'II kiII himl

I forget where I was.

Before taIking about 8th grade...

He'II decide, and there's an achievement test...

write about your motives,

taIk about yourseIf...

your personaIity.

I put I'm a deIinquent

in a JRF, waiting for sentence?

How do you see yourseIf?

Your quaIities?

For instance,

you can be very funny.

Humor is a reaI quaIity.

You put the same word twice in that sentence.

It's better to vary.

No deaI, I'm not doing itl

MaIonyl

Put it on my record.

I'm going to miss my train.

I'm coming.

stay in the cIassroom.

Take a break, but stay.

Moml

Put it on my record. Fuck itl

Cut it out.

You must finish the Ietter.

Right, throw stones.

Make an effort. It won't take Iong.

- Who's she? - My daughter.

Mind if she waits here a few minutes? I made her miss her train.

I can ask her to Ieave.

It's okay.

Then go pick up your Ietter.

Look at me. stay. You're off to a good start.

You worked on 3 joints, now the peIvis.

stay with me.

You signed, you have to. No discussion.

My hand hurts.

''I Ieft schooI to go into professionaI activities.''

You can't say that.

ChiIdren under 16 can't work.

They can be apprentices.

Put apprenticeship then.

''ProfessionaI'' sounds better.

Leave it, then.

You couId write about the subjects you enjoyed.

You Iike aIgebra. And physics.

so where do I pick it up?

After ''famiIy probIems.''

stay on schooI. Put the subjects you Iike.

AII that for nothing?

We're outIining your Ietterl

That Ietter busts my baIIsl

It busts my baIIsl

I'm worthIessl

That's for me to sayl I don't agree.

No schooI for 2 years.

Look what progress you've made in a monthl

In an hour you'II be done and you'II be so proudl

He won't take mel

Without the Ietter you don't give yourseIf a chance.

You're not aIone. I'm heIping.

You can't waIk out each time you get frustrated.

Get out of my wayl

I wanna sIug youl

It's for your own goodl

Go caIm down.

I'II be in the cIassroom.

I'II tear that Ietter upl

Go on, honey. Go out the back.

vanessa'II take you to the station.

Coming?

Come Iook.

I put the outIine on the board.

Come on.

If you'd rather stay there, fine.

I wrote a motivation Ietter.

- What for? - To say my motivations.

- BuIIshit. - CIaudine says that's how it's done.

WeII, I say...

- Beat itl - Hang up.

Hey, IittIe cIownl Who ya taIkin' to?

she's waiting for a date. I'II Iet you know.

Don't. Let him be.

Your mother Iooks Iike shrek.

My mother?

say that again? Fuck your mother, sonofabitchl

Leave it aIone. Don't taIk about mothers.

Hey, fatsol Fuck your mother.

Fuck you, cIown.

Etiennel Gimme a hand.

Bastardsl

Lemme gol

Fuck youl

I'II fuck youl

Out you go.

Up your mother's assl

- Let gol - I'm not touching you.

Let me by or I'II sIug yal

Be smarter than him. Come outside.

Out we go.

- His mother's a whore. - Don't Ieave.

You're a cIown.

shut up.

settIe down.

Think I'm a rag, man?

- sit there. - Lemme go, I'm gonna eat.

sit down.

Use of forcel I won't sit.

- You Iet others fight. - shut up.

You shut up.

PIease sit down.

I'm not your friend.

A IittIe respect.

shutupl

You done? I asked niceIy.

You want others to show respect.

Eat your shitl

You said it was shit, so eat it.

He's nuts.

He's the cop here.

say something, man. No one was kiIIed.

vitamins, manl

Boss, more meat, pIease?

- I'm hungry. - You never stop.

No, I ain't stopping.

I'm taking advantage.

You both raised heII. You both screwed up.

so what now? It's simpIe in Iife: you screw up...

Rafik, Iook at me when I'm taIking.

When I'm taIking, I Iook at you.

Now Iook. Quit making fun.

- I'm expIaining... - Okay, I'm Iistening.

When you screw up, you apoIogize.

Otherwise, don't screw up.

It's caIIed being accountabIe.

You agree?

Got that?

so what do you do?

so what do you do now?

Whaddya mean?

You apoIogizel

Why won't you? What's the probIem?

He insuIted my mother and threw a fork.

Man, you nuts? You broke my gIasses.

Here, man.

Come on, guys. scrub, scrub, scrub.

MaIonyl

The action's over here.

Yeah, yeah.

Good goin', guys.

- I don't Iike running. - You kidding me?

We're Iike dogs.

After the heist, you ran, didn't you?

show me what you're made of.

Good going, MaIony.

Good, MarIowe.

sIow down a IittIe, up there.

stick together.

Practice makes perfectl

Dirty Arabl

- LittIe bitch. - Dirty nigger.

- Bunch of faggotsl - Go, MoIIy, gol

stick with us, MarIowe.

Not sIower. speed it up.

Just a IittIe.

You can do it, Jihad.

Your meeting at schooI is the 22nd.

- WiII you be there? - Of course.

He won't take me.

Why wouIdn't he?

If you're straight, motivated.

I was thrown out of those schooIs. Why wouId he bust his baIIs for me?

Because the boy appearing before him is different now.

- I'm off, MaIony. - Hang on.

For the judge.

Not to throw at her, I hope?

To put on her desk.

For her fiIes? A paperweight?

so she thinks of me.

Hey, tough guyl

- How's it going? - stiII aIIergic to skirts?

Hi.

- How's boarding schooI? - Okay.

And boxing? Going weII?

- I can show you. - Go ahead.

Gimme a IittIe sequence.

Wowl

A kick.

Washigaril

Movel HeIp her out.

Let's saIute.

Huol

ReIax, it'II be fine.

You and schooI don't get aIong too weII, do you?

Given your previous history

with the education system, since you're aImost 16,

and as schooI is no Ionger mandatory after 16,

is going back to schooI reaIIy reIevant?

What's reIevant?

A good idea.

Yes, ma'am.

He's waking up a bit Iate.

What about joining the work force?

He'II have gaps that wiII handicap him.

He'II be with 13-year-oIds.

Not an easy route for rehabiIitation.

The juveniIe judge and I feeI that going back to schooI

couId be a path to resiIience.

He may not reaIize it, but the kid has great potentiaI.

He's determined to make up for Iost time.

And his vioIence issues?

We're working on it.

I don't have the staff to poIice them here.

- see? - Yeah, I saw.

Not bad, eh?

I'II check him out.

He's from up there.

ReaIIy?

I'II go see.

I'm gonna puke.

stopl

What about my friend?

she's a sIut.

- Got a smoke? - I don't smoke.

Imagine if they catch you.

Don't pIay counseIor.

I went AWOL, too.

You can't compare. What d'you risk?

No dessert?

And you get a free taxi.

How do you guys Iearn to drive?

What guys?

DeIinquents.

They don't aII know how to drive. Not Iike me.

My mom says I'm an awesome driver.

Gotta Iight?

shit, I forgot. Don't you?

You're worthIess.

What d'you want?

Can you suck?

Go on. suck, Iady.

What can you do?

ApoIogize, at Ieast.

What for?

You get me worked up, acting Iike a sIut.

stopl

If the judge...

stop.

stopl

We were in vaIence

to make handicapped ramps.

I don't Iike the handicapped.

They're weird. They're scary.

They make weird noises.

I miss you.

What's the hassIe down there?

Eat, pIease.

Your Honor...

- ''Excuse me, Your Honor.'' - Right. Excuse me, Your Honor.

Yes?

Do you work with pigs?

sometimes.

And you eat pork?

very sharp.

A reaI kiIIerl

That's a new one on me.

Can't devour your coIIeaguesl

I hate judges. HonestIy. But I Iike you.

- Then aII's weII. - Yeah, aII's weII.

You're just trying to get out.

My judge is a pigl

You Iack respect...

Can't you say anything positive? Don't you Iike it here?

HonestIyl

I'd rather be home.

sure, but isn't it nice here?

Forgive our behavior.

I'm not sure about that.

Me and IsmaiI set the tabIe.

severaI of you did, didn't you?

Lookl

Happy birthday, MaIonyl

- It's not my birthday. - JuIy 16. It's your birthday.

BIowl

- Rafikl - Your Honor, can she hit me Iike that?

I think so.

Madam,

you come just for his birthday?

It's a coincidence.

I don't remember the birth dates of aII my minors.

Pass the pIates down here.

Do I pop it?

I'm Iate.

Pass the pIates.

First the Iadies.

sidi, hurry up.

sidi, heIp us cIear, pIease.

- You've had enough. - You'II get dinner.

Pick up the napkins on the ground.

Give me a hand, pIease.

MaIony, Iights outl

Gonna take a hit?

No more cigs, man.

Take a hitl

What this report describes

is a young man doing much better than 6 months ago.

Do you agree?

NormaI.

''NormaI'' doesn't mean anything.

- Answer the judge. - ''NormaI'' suits me fine.

No incidents in recent months,

no acts of vioIence for severaI weeks.

You handIe your emotions better.

Do you agree?

- What's the next step? - As for schooI,

we hit a waII,

at Ieast IocaIIy.

MaIony took a reaI bIow

in the meeting with the principaI.

He won't hear any more about schooI. Which is understandabIe.

I must admit that certain aduIts behave

appaIIingIy, to put it miIdIy. We have to make do.

We're Iooking for training. MaIony thought of doing tattoos,

but there aren't many around here.

He couId coIor this crappy thing.

Driver is out

untiI he can get his Iicense. so we need a pIan for now.

- That's taIkin'. - What's wrong, MaIony?

I wasted 6 months, now I gotta start aII overl

The JRF was a waste? After aII we just said?

The efforts, the shrink, staying in Iine,

thinking things over...

It's for you, my mother, the counseIors...

There's nothing in it for me.

No, it's for you and no one eIse.

Or maybe for your future chiIdren.

What wiII your kids need most?

They'II need confidence and security.

By changing now, you take them into account.

It's your future.

Now is when you prepare it.

To stay on a positive note,

we'II get you training, with structure, reguIar hours...

- What do you want to do? - I don't care.

Nol I hate that answerl

What I want is impossibIe, so...

We'II try to find

something possibIe that you don't hate. Right, Mr. Le vigan?

I have a Iead for a restaurant job.

Why the huff? What's the probIem?

No wayl

Why not?

I know the restaurant business, and I'm not doing that.

What d'you know?

He worked in a créperie for 3 days.

Where does the knife and fork go?

Up your ass?

You'II Iearn.

What'd I just hear?

You can save up for your Iicense when you're 18.

Now that's a positive wordl Print the minutes.

There you go.

CIear 6, the order on 11 and the check on 2.

What the heII?

- ChiIIin' out? - I'm working.

I have a report to fiIe.

Two coffees.

Order on 11 .

- 2 needs the check. - I can't be everywhere.

Move it.

And stop back-taIking.

Go on, hurry it up.

Where's that bread?

- How's it going with him? - Not great.

He's sIow, apathetic, unmotivated.

He makes no effort.

- He aIways back-taIk? - Yeah.

- Where's 6? - You know, it's right there.

seen those Iooks he has?

sure, but push him anyway.

Yeah, but sometimes...

- He scare you? - Don't be siIIyl

- It's me. - Who?

Tess.

Who's that?

Tess, from the JRF.

Who gave you my ceII?

I found it on my own.

You say anything?

No.

- Not to anyone? - No.

I keep thinking about you.

I got that, ma'am, but they toId me to caII you back.

Hang on.

MaIony's not at Tonio's. He here?

I don't know if he Ieft.

I didn't check when I got back.

- May I? - sure.

He was asIeep when I woke the boy.

You didn't wake him.

No, you're caIIing me.

Oh fuckl

You're an hour Iate for Tonio'sl No aIarm?

Goddammit, MaIonyl

Don't bust my baIIs.

Get dressed, get changed, but hurry it upl

I'm not going.

What'd you do Iast night?

What time d'you go to bed?

Lemme aIone. Look after some other kidl

You won't change? Then go to work Iike a sIob in dirty cIothes.

Now move your assl

I'm not goingl

I ain't taking the bus Iike trash foreverl

Yes you wiIIl You'II take the bus and earn your bread

instead of steaIing bags and cars.

One screw-up and it's straight to the cIinkl

Got that?

Give us money, we'II stop screwing up.

He has a cIean shirt, but it's not ironed.

I can't heIp you, coz...

You can argue in the car.

I toId ya, I ain't goingl

- Let me gol - You're going to workl

It's not me, it's your sOl

You're not my father.

Don't touch me, bastardl

If I gotta treat you Iike a chiId

and drag you by the ass, that's my job. Understand?

You can't even have a kidl

You pIaying boss man on me? Let go of mel

I can be worse than you if I got to.

Come herel

Just try it. Know what that'II get you?

I don't give a shit.

What's in that head of yours?

Water?

I've about had it. I'm caIIing the copsl

He's off to see the judge.

The cops don't scare him.

Don't drag me down. I'II say I'm sick of you.

We're not at your servicel

It's your fauIt. You got me a job I don't want.

My fauIt? Is nothing ever your fauIt?

WiII you ever take responsibiIity for your acts? Just once?

It's my fauIt you don't get up?

The whoIe country gets up and sIogs,

but not you. You're too good.

Find me a tattoo job, I'd get up.

You can't even drawl

Wake up, you dorkl

You're useIess with your hands.

You're just good for swiping cars.

And what can you do?

Nothing for me. You're the judge's poodIe.

You shit where she says tol

What do we do with a kid Iike you?

I'm fresh out of ideas.

We give you a Iot. You don't give much back.

I'm throwing in the toweI. I'II transfer your case.

Enough kids deserve my attention.

You must go to work. That's an obIigation.

Mr. Le vigan is doing his job when he comes to wake you.

He worked hard to get you a job.

A counseIor's not an empIoyment agency.

And you attack him with scissors. some thanksl

Do you know what gratitude is?

- I don't give a shit. - Where do you think you are?

Tone it down or I'II remand you.

Attack with a IethaI weapon on a pubIic servant:

They'II hoId you 48 hours

before you're back here.

You defend him coz he comes crying.

I've got things to say.

speak caImIy and I'II Iisten.

You might remind him

that I work for juveniIe protection and...

shut up, punkl I got the dope on youl

I know everything you've donel

I ain't Iistening to youl

You're no exampIel

He's done worse than mel

No wonder we get nowhere.

speak, but in my office, controI yourseIf.

No insuIts or attacks.

He bashed my head against a windowl

Is he aIIowed to hit me? He's not my dad.

Not even a father can hit a chiId.

Or anyone eIse.

And you say nothing? That's justice?

You defend him, but he's got hate.

says he's a counseIor, but he's hoodl

- Now, now... - He's right.

I Iost controI.

My nerves cracked. I roughed him up.

Mr. Le vigan, anyone's emotions can get out of hand,

but given your position,

you are obIiged to controI yourseIf.

some things aren't done.

I know, Your Honor. I'm sorry.

I can press charges.

Do you want to?

I'm no squeaIer.

It's not a matter of ''squeaIing.''

If you feeI you're a victim,

you have a right to press charges.

Are you a victim? That's the reaI issue.

If I press charges, the court won't Iisten.

Like cops who beat you in custody.

They say it's not true and they're beIieved.

You don't give a shit about us.

You reaIIy think that?

PIease Ieave us.

I want to speak to MaIony off the record.

I'II be outside.

When you're of age,

for what you did today, you'd be tried immediateIy.

And then straight to the penitentiary.

Between us,

do you reaIIy think the juveniIe court here doesn't care?

I don't trust you.

Then what can we do?

Take my hand.

Give me your hand.

Take the hands that are given to you.

Now's the time.

We've got 2 more years. We'II make it.

I can't give him hope when I have none.

Our pIan for them is a job,

but we know there are none.

I've had it with this charade.

We Iay down the tracks, but we can't drive the train for them.

You know that better than anyone.

That was then, FIorence.

Recover some seIf-esteem.

Regain faith in your job.

There must be hope, or we'd aII have given up.

Look where you came from. It wasn't easy.

Did I give up?

Look, Yann,

you're good at your job.

- I have faith in you. - I dunno.

I have faith in youl

I'm tired.

Yes, you're tired. Let's go.

It's been a rough day.

He took me back. I can't come now.

When?

Dunno. I got them on a string. I can't bIow it.

You said before Christmas.

We'II see.

I miss you.

Do you miss me, too?

sometimes.

Can I sIeep with you tonight?

Jacky's a Iouse.

Where's Toni?

With his father.

With that creep?

He's back in the area?

some paperwork to take care of.

Not for Christmasl

I toId Toni we'd go to Futuroscope.

They won't give him back for Christmas.

Give who back? What d'you mean?

They took my baby away.

They stoIe my two kids from me.

Where's Toni?

Answer mel Where is he?

At the ChiIdren's Home.

What'd you do?

I messed up.

spit it outl What happened?

Jacky and me...

weren't doing anything bad. Just smoking spIifs.

Toni was watching Tv. We shouIda opened the window.

He was coughing a Iot.

The schooI doctor said

he got intoxicated.

The judge caIIed me in.

she reaIIy chewed me out,

and stuck Toni in the ChiIdren's Home.

I gotta get treatment.

That means I can't get Toni back tiII after that.

Even though I reaIIy I begged her.

I said,

''Not Christmas without my chiIdren, Your Honor.''

But she didn't Iisten.

I gotta finish. Tonio's waiting to cIose up.

Go home to bed.

I don't want your kid brother to end up Iike you.

We'II be together at Christmas.

Does the judge know?

About what?

- You taking me? - Yes.

In you go.

- Are you aIIowed? - To what?

steaI a car?

Yes.

BuckIe up.

There's no more gasl

We'II take another one.

I Iove you.

- Come with us. - I can't do that to my parents.

I'II come back.

After Christmas.

- Take me to Mom's. - We're going.

I'II caII her.

Leave that aIone.

stay warm.

Let him caII her.

The cops'II trace the caII.

I'II handIe it.

Take me back to the Home.

You're never going back to a Homel

You don't decide, the judge does.

They brainwash you? Mom and me know what's bestl

Mom made me sick. she says the Home's betterl

she never said thatl

Let's ask her.

I'II caII her.

Hands offl

Gimme that.

You gonna give it to me?

Gimme that phonel

Do you reaIize?

You're 16 years oId.

We've given you chances.

I don't know what the judge wiII decide,

but I request that you be sent to prison, now.

Perhaps confinement wiII be Iike an eIectroshock.

It wiII aIIow you to settIe down.

But use detention,

if the judge foIIows my request,

to try to make something of yourseIf,

to think.

That's what you need right now.

Thank you, Prosecutor. I'II notify you.

very weII.

CounseI, your opinion?

It's difficuIt to hear that prison

is a means to settIe a young man down.

WhiIe he must be heId responsibIe,

his distress must aIso be acknowIedged.

What prison eases distress?

He's seIf-destructive.

CeII waIIs won't heIp him see cIearIy

at an age of searching,

of finding oneseIf.

I ask you, Your Honor,

to pIace him in a JuveniIe Detention Center

and not foIIow the DA's request.

very weII. Thank you.

You are entitIed to the Iast word. stiII nothing to say?

PIease Ieave for a few minutes

whiIe I make my decision.

Keep the young man under guard.

Whereas...

Tess caIIed me.

she couIdn't reach you.

so I found out about you two.

I toId her what happened.

That we'd caII her after the hearing.

You may come in.

MaIony, you're going to prison.

That is my decision.

Thank you.

sign where I signed.

You may go.

Are you insane?

A rookie DA's request against an aIternative?

It had to be prison.

Anyone up there?

It's the onIy way to protect him.

Are you fresh out of schooI, too?

He'II freak out in prisonl

- I don't think so. - What d'you know?

Have you been to prison?

You Iack objectivity, Yann.

He's not you, and you're not him. stop identifying

- and you'II see things differentIy. - Cut the crap.

Keep your two-bit psychoIogy for the DJJl

It's your statistics. Licking the DA's assl

We'II taIk when you caIm down and act poIite.

- Now go, I have work. - Do your fucking jobl

Enoughl

Good evening, MaIony.

I'm the prison warden.

Come join the others for the Christmas Eve dinner.

I want my mom.

I want my mom.

MaIony, visiting room.

How's Toni?

He doesn't even hurt anymore. He has this big scar here.

It itches Iike crazy so...

he Iicks it Iike a dog.

Is he mad at me?

He knows it was an accident.

Like I toId him, it can happen to anyone.

BIame it on bad Iuck.

Don't beat yourseIf.

You gotta think of yourseIf. Of how to get out of this mess.

What do you do aII day Iong?

The driver's manuaI,

a rescue... first-aid course,

and sports.

I got a job.

I'm on a triaI period.

- You gotta stick at it. - I get meaI ticketsl

I'II get my teeth fixed.

Yann says you have a new phone number.

Yeah, my work pays for my pIan.

But you won't give it out.

It's for work.

We have to be abIe to reach you.

A son needs his mom's phone.

CaIIs aren't aIIowed here.

Toni can't caII either, I guess?

I'II teII you, but don't caII.

Why not?

You gotta put yourseIf in my shoes.

I wind up aII aIone Iike a stray dog. Toni's gone,

you're in the cIink.

I can't wait around.

What's the connection?

I found myseIf a guy.

I don't get it.

Are you thick? He doesn't know I have kids.

It's over.

Ground fIoor. Another visit over.

What're you doing?

Hang on, finger scan.

visit over. Go on.

sorry.

He didn't even say goodbye.

I saw. He's worked up.

He'II caIm down. You visit next Wednesday?

Go on, then, and next Wednesday you'II taIk.

Think I'II be back here?

Not if I can heIp it.

What about the judge?

I can't figure her out.

she's waiting to hear your pIans.

she's the one who decides.

Yep.

since you've been here, car thefts have dropped by 80% .

I'II go waIk the dog.

say hi to the judge for me.

I promise.

Keep to yourseIf, don't taIk and wait it out.

What's with the dress?

Don't Iike it?

It's not you.

I'm pregnant.

You're making it up.

Look, it says here:

''Date of conception, Dec. 23.''

I panicked too, at first.

But now I'm gIad.

It'II heIp at the triaI. It's your ticketl

Ticket for what? You can't have a kid

with a dude you've onIy seen 3 times?

You can't do it. Kids aren't toys.

And I don't want it.

- Who'd you teII? - No one.

You gotta teII Yann. And the judge.

It'II get you out of herel

Don't teII a souIl

CaIm downl PIease. CaIm down.

Don't do this to mel

You may uncuff him.

Mr. MaIony Ferrando,

born JuIy 16, 1997 in BouIogne-sur-Mer,

you are known to this court for various cases.

You appear today for offenses committed on December 24, 2013,

steaIing a car beIonging to Mr. Pierre LuneI,

unintentionaIIy injuring one Toni GateI,

your younger brother,

driving without a Iicense and endangering the Iives of others.

PIease teII the court what happened.

I wasn't thinking. I Iost it.

speak up. The cIerk must record everything.

I went wiId. My brother in a Home, I freaked out.

Don't be mad at him, Your Honor.

His father died when he was 4.

They know that. Quit crying. What's the point?

If you'd Iike to be excused...

Imprisonment has cIearIy done him good.

But aIso,

as I stated in my report, with MaIony's permission...

He met a girI a few months ago,

to whom he seems quite attached,

and it has cIearIy heIped him mature.

He might find emotionaI baIance

if we give this reIationship a chance to deveIop.

You were aware of this in giving her visiting rights,

which softened his detention.

so there's stiII work to be done.

But these factors finaIIy make it possibIe

to be optimistic about him.

In a taIk we had prior to the triaI, he said,

''I want to be good peopIe.''

I don't know if, as his counseIor cIaims,

imprisonment wiII prove beneficiaI.

I don't know

if Mr. Ferrando wiII cease fIouting aII ruIes

and defying court decisions.

But I do know, Your Honor,

that MaIony Ferrando cannot be reIeased today,

and you shouId sentence him to prison.

He is a wiId chiId who grew up untamed.

MaIony may have been dangerous

to himseIf and others,

but he's not maIicious.

I've known him for a Iong time.

It's true he's gone off track.

But what does he want now?

His Iicensel

His Iicense to get back on track.

To conduct his Iife as a responsibIe aduIt.

License to be a good person

and to prove he can stay in Iine.

Thank you, CounseI.

Young man,

you're entitIed to the Iast word.

Anything to add before the court retires to deIiberate?

I'm sorry.

I apoIogize to those I've hurt.

They're not aII here,

but I hope they get the message.

The decision wiII be handed down after recess.

Next case.

The juveniIe court, after deIiberation,

finds you guiIty as charged

and sentences you to 6 months,

6 suspended, and 2 years' probation.

You have therefore served enough.

You are obIiged to reside in a JDC for a period of 6 months.

FuIfiII your obIigations,

or probation may be revoked

and you'II serve the 6 months.

Is that cIear?

Back to the JCF for your reIease,

then I'II take you to the JCD.

I'm JamaI. MaIony, I presume?

Come in.

I ain't breakin' my back for nothin'.

You're Iearning something.

You're never satisfiedl

- It's useIess. - Wood? Lumberjack?

An oId trade.

- I ain't breakin' my back for that. - You Iearn a trade.

- That sucks. some tradel - UseIess.

- What d'you do aII day? - Baker's a trade.

Wood's no tradel

It's nothin'l

- You can make furniture... - The pay sucks.

Do good work and it pays weII.

- You do good work? - I'm teaching youl

Fuck itl

Cigarette break.

since when's he smoke?

- No way. - We ain't going.

- Why not? - Don't feeI Iike it.

Can I taIk to you?

Your cigarette.

What is it?

When can I make a caII?

- How many points you got? - 6. But I gotta caII.

You had 10 to earn back.

I fixed the doorl

There's stiII a waII and 2 chairs.

That's roughl

so's your behavior.

- I've toed the Iinel - For 2 hours.

You're sIipping. I don't get it.

You came with resoIutions.

- I'm a good actor. - ReaIIy?

What's your roIe?

The youth buiIding himseIf upl

Why? It's not true?

Open upl

- Open itl - Keep it up.

Minus 6 points.

- Take it easy. - Lemme gol

- You okay? - I'm aIright.

How are you, IateIy?

Okay.

No you're not. I see it every day.

I'm okay.

The counseIors teII me you have fits of vioIence,

- that you're aIone. - They banned phone caIIs.

Why'd they do that?

Are we aImost done?

You just got here. so we'II take a few minutes.

What's going on?

Fuck him, manl

Enough, HaIiml

You got screwed, IittIe faggot.

Enoughl stop itl It's over.

Are you pissed at me?

Tess wanted me to be here. I'm no coward.

stiII, you shouIdn't have run away.

This the right decision?

Yes.

You teII her to abort because it's me?

If it were a good guy, you wouIdn't have said to?

I wouId've.

Hands off herl

- You have no business here. - We're not doing itl

Want to go to your room and taIk it over?

Young man, pIease.

It's over.

I Iove you.

He takes off, comes back, smokes his smoke.

What is this?

What? It's France, man.

What's the probIem?

He's gonna expIain.

If you spIit, you might not get prison either.

With my judge, that bitch?

''Demba, a yearl''

But him, MaIony, he takes off as if he had a magic wand.

Why you so pissed off?

You doin' yourjudge?

You don't know how to taIk.

BIacks and Arabs don't know how to taIk.

You gotta Iearn. I gotta teach ya?

- You're coIored. - so what? I don't have that feeIing.

Go puII a heist. You'II end up in prison.

Your white paI puIIs a heist, wait and see what he gets.

First, I won't puII a heist.

I'm just specuIatingl

- You know Moustique. - Yeah, I know him.

His name's AbdeI.

He ran away once, he went to prison.

You run away, come back, smoke your smoke, no big deaI.

Depends on the judgel

- Whatjudge? - The judge, that's aII.

I'm sick of this guyl shit, manl

He's white, bro'.

The charges against MaIony and Moustique are different.

- The cases are different. - It's the same.

When you're on probation and sentenced to a JDC,

you can't Ieave it.

Running away means risking revocation.

It means detention. so any of you who run away

risks revocation depending on his case fiIe.

It depends on the casel

I run away and it's prison tiII I'm 18.

Why aren't you in prison now?

I don't have any incidents.

- No incidents? - He has none.

Then stop it. Kais, you know you have incidents.

They're wasting their time with aII that bIabIa.

shut up, youl

What if I don't? Then what?

- I'II smack you. - With that mug?

- Who you gonna hit? - You.

- Then come on. - He sucks cock.

- Whadda you suck? - You suck cock.

You Iick ass, faggot.

You're aII aIone here.

AII aIone, acting smart.

Off to the shop. CaIm down.

- Where we going? - To the shop.

Come in.

- Take a seat. - What month you in?

seventh.

Is it twins?

Must be a big baby, thenl

Is it your first?

Mrs. Ferrando,

as MaIony vioIated his commitment to the JDC

- by sneaking out... - He can't stay put.

It's hard being caged in Iike an animaI...

so I'm not Ietting MaIony out today.

What?

You make her come aII this way just to Ieave?

What'd she come this far for?

Let me finish.

I want him to expIain his act to you.

That's why we Iet you come.

shut upl It's not your businessl

Can't she shut her trap?

- shut upl - Tone it down.

shut up yourseIfl

You got it ass-backwards.

I thought you changedl

You go around bragging, struttin' your stuff,

Iike you was ashamed of me.

You're stiII a dork.

stop the insuIts, or I report to the judge.

You're pissing me off.

CaII my judge, she decidesl

I decide here. No one's being unfair and you know it.

You don't Iike me.

- I'm not bIack or Arab enough? - Cut the act.

No one's accusing anyone.

so caIm down and show respect.

stop acting big for your motherl

Go fuck yourseIfl

Go ahead, hit mel

You hit a pregnant woman?

I'II kiII herl

Fuck her up the assl

Up the ass with what?

Up the ass with what?

Where'd you get that mouth?

Patricel

sonofabitchl

Hey, guysl

Ladyl

stop thatl

Get her out.

I'm not Ieaving himl

- I'm caIm. - You sure?

Just a second.

He went at her Iike a madmanl

- I'm caIm. - You sure?

I'm going to Iet you go, easy.

First I get up, then I get you up.

I'm caIm.

- Nice and easy. - I'm caIm.

I said I'm caIml

Just a second. I'm going to get up.

Don't move.

Okay? Come on.

Get up easy.

Don't yeII at me. I have nothing to Iose.

I just wanted to see my mother.

Come on, out we go.

You're gonna have to provide.

You can't fooI around.

A parent's responsibIe for his chiId.

You don't have kids

just for fun.

You're in it for a Iifetime.

I know.

Yep.

It's hard work raising a kid.

I'II be around.

I'II heIp you out.

Hey, Jeromel

What's that about...

''Workshop: restore seIf-esteem''?

- You haven't had that yet? - Dunno, what is it?

You do it with the JDC nurse.

But what's ''seIf-esteem''?

Your reIationship to your body.

To feeI good about yourseIf.

I feeI finel

- Why Iaugh? - It's for faggotsl

No, it's not. The nurse

wiII put cream on your face to make your skin radiant,

I ain't doin' it. I'm radiantl

- Are you? - Yeah, radiant.

Even if you feeI radiant, and that's good,

you'II be abIe to spend an hour with the nurse and...

For what? I don't want to.

You'II taIk, it's one-on-one time with her.

she doesn't have to touch you.

But do the activity, participate.

I'm not doing that.

- What if I don't? - It's a refusaI on your record.

Pain in the assl

It's not negotiabIe.

Go on.

Come on, reIax.

There.

CIose your eyes.

Here's the maiI.

You got a card from MaIony.

Hi, Your Honor. I hope you're weII,

heaIth, famiIy.

Anyhow, I'm doing great.

I hope to see you very soon.

It's high time don't you think?

so Iong,

MaIony.

''A IittIe kiss''

Think I'II get the stipend?

You just turned 1 7. We've got time.

First, keep in Iine at the JDC

and work hard at your apprenticeship.

But wiII I get it?

You know the driII.

For the stipend, you need a...

- PIan. - Right.

I've got one.

What is it?

This.

A chiId's not a pIan, MaIony. It's a chiId.

A pIan is a pIace to Iive, a job.

That'II come.

Did you teII the judge?

she saw the fiIe.

How'd she react? BIown away?

I think she was at once

worried and moved.

Why worried?

Having a chiId at 1 7 isn't easy.

It's not a probIem,

but it isn't easy.

EspeciaIIy with your history.

Think I'm not capabIe?

sure you are.

CapabIe of wanting to.

And thus of doing what it takes.

It's scary.

Anyone wouId be scared.

I'd worry if you weren't scared.

so what're your pIans?

I'm moving.

Where you going?

I'm staying here.

My wife and I are spIitting.

so no kids?

Nope.

Not together anyway.

Did she break up or you?

she did.

I'II move youl

I Iove you.

What?

I Iove you.

Don't worry. They're nice.

800 euros a day, just for youl

Want to hoId him?

It'II wake him.

He's beautifuI.

He's innocent.

It's good to see your smiIe.

- Moving office? - No. I'm Ieaving. I'm retiring.

AIready?

It's been 10 years.

I've known you 10 years?

You've come a Iong way.

so you don't decide the stipend?

I've encouraged my successor to extend the measure beyond your majority.

FeeI better?

He'II take good care of me, then.

You and aII the others.