Directed and co-written by Jimmy Laporal-Trésor with Sébastien Birchler, Les Rascals is a social drama released in 2023. Presented at the Critics' Week at the 2022Cannes Film Festival, the film will be available on Netflix on November 15, 2025.
In the heart of the 1980s, in the suburbs of Paris, a gang of young immigrants lives to the rhythm of music and fights. When one member of the group recognizes a skinhead who had attacked him, he decides to take revenge. But this gesture triggers a chain reaction. The skinhead's sister gets close to a far-right student determined to retaliate. Little by little, tensions rise and the Rascals gang is caught up in a spiral of hatred, against a backdrop of rising fascism and identity divisions.
Inspired by real events and the political context of the time, the film paints a portrait of an angry youth, caught between social violence and political activism. Through its edgy direction and an 80s-inspired soundtrack, Les Rascals evokes a collective loss of innocence.
The film brings together Jonathan Feltre, Angelina Woreth, and Missoum Slimani in intense roles. Jimmy Laporal-Trésor has created a powerful work about youth in an era of heightened racial and political tensions. Part gang film, part historical chronicle, Les Rascals illustrates the shift of a generation in the face of the rise of the far right in France.
Rated 12+, this realistic drama is aimed at fans of socially conscious stories and powerful social reconstructions, at the crossroads of La Haine and West Side Story.
Les Rascals
Film | 2023
On Netflix November 15, 2025
Drama | Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes
By Jimmy Laporal-Trésor | Starring Jonathan Feltre, Angelina Woreth, Missoum Slimani
Nationality: France
Rated R
A hard-hitting film about youth in the 1980s, between violence, commitment and loss of innocence, carried by Jimmy Laporal-Trésor's incisive direction.
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