The year 1971. The revolutionary spirit of May '68 is still very much alive among students from the suburbs of Paris. Passionate ideological debates are followed by protests and subversive actions. Gilles is a high school student who finds himself in the middle of the political and creative turmoil of this tumultuous period. Like his peers, he tries to…
The year 1971. The revolutionary spirit of May '68 is still very much alive among students from the suburbs of Paris. Passionate ideological debates are followed by protests and subversive actions. Gilles is a high school student who finds himself in the middle of the political and creative turmoil of this tumultuous period. Like his peers, he is trying to find his place, torn between devotion to the cause and personal ambitions. Through a labyrinth of romantic entanglements, political awakenings and artistic revelations, the journey takes Gilles and his friends first to Italy and then to London.