Dali Benssalah

The tragic killing of a young boy ignites an all-out war in the community of Athena, with the victim’s older brothers at the heart of the conflict.

Go behind the scenes with Romain Gavras and his team in this exclusive look at the production process of his technically stunning modern tragedy.

Long, a Vietnamese driver in Southern California answers a late-night call for a ride. He reluctantly accepts, picking up a man, and his two companions. But the men, recently escaped convicts from a county jail, take Long hostage at gunpoint, thrusting him into their getaway plan. When complications arise, the fugitives and their hostage hole up at a motel, and a tense waiting game unfolds.

Three brothers — a gangster, a scholar and an impressionable teen — learn hard lessons in the gritty suburbs while searching for the means to survive.