Told in an annoying non-linear sequence, the plot throws together the unhappy families of Alex and Ivan, brothers who hate each other, and bro and sis petty criminals Juliette and Jimmy.
Alex is a sour, dull cop who detests his brother's semi-criminal business, set up by their criminal father (yes, the father also hates Alex, in a merry-go-round not so merry). Ivan is the father of creepy child Justin who - guess what? - hates uncle Alex. Juliette is a thin, sour, bony androgynous girl who everybody finds attractive, for reasons impossible to understand.
Juliette is a shoplifter who occasionally mixes with dirtier business with Ivan and her brother's gang. She used to be Ivan's lover then moved on to Alex. Enters another useless character in the shape of Marie, a philosophy teacher who's in love with Juliette. You get an headache following all the couplings back and forward in the non-linear sequence.
All characters are morose, unpleasant and having over the top conversations and melodramatic reactions (or none at all, staring stone cold into space). The film starts with creepy Justin, who narrates the beginning and the end of story from his point of view, which isn't the most informed.
Bad things happen to some characters, but I couldn't have cared less because the narrative is ordinary and flat... maybe because this is supposed to be a "realistic" movie...
