
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Cast: Osman Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Nanou Benhamou, Aurelie Ganito, Rachid Hami

What is commendable ...
-- I have to say that one of the most compelling factor is ... the film feels VERY VERY VERY REAL ... 

-- Unlike many films about teenagers, this film did not resort to lots of guns/blood/drugs/sex ... and yet, it managed to highlight the problems that these teens faced, which could be quite universal across the world ...
-- The overall pacing was good, with frequent intense moments of confrontations ... and guess what, most audience would be keen to know how the film would end ... and amongst these, the scenes with the police had to be one of the more riveting ...

-- The entire cast is commendable ... and the characters are not "boring" ...
-- The dialogues were well written ... and the film described contradicting relationships/feelings very well ... about friends who quarreled and argued and yet were still friends ...
-- Several themes surfaced
e.g., about communication, about words, about "confrontation" and "dodging" ... 
e.g., about relationship/love ... about being "proximal" versus "distant"
e.g., about being "foreign" ... about your own language (identity) ... about "belonging" versus "lost" ...
e.g., about past and present ... about being "reserved" versus "contemporary" ... 
e.g., societal class differences
etc

What may be problematic ...
-- It seems like much is lost in translation
e.g., the fact that the children spoke predominantly in non standard French
e.g., despite multiple people talking at any one time, they could only subtitle one person ...
-- Some people might be upset over the extensive use of profanity ... but hey, this is reality! ... To some, the constant squabbles/quarrels might be too overwhelming ...

Question for those who have watched ...
-- Although I do think there are some interesting connections with the overall theme, I hope someone who has a better grasp can help explain further the following (possibly with some quotes from the play) ... hee hee
(i) the relation/parallel of that particular school play to the overall film theme (in terms of relating societal differences and in terms of relating romance) ...
(ii) the purpose of the play by the younger children at the end (before the teenagers' play) ...

Conclusion
I definitely recommend the film ...