As the production proceeds, the director manipulates the children's real-life trauma and poverty to elicit "real emotion" for his movie, raising unsettling questions about the ethics of his methods. Key Details
Watch the official trailer and event highlights to see the film's gritty authenticity and the cast's powerful performances: The Worst Ones (Les Pires) Trailer | English subs YouTube · French Film Festival UK The Worst Ones / Les Pires (2022) - Trailer (English Subs) YouTube · My French Stories LES PIRES - PHOTOCALL - VF - CANNES 2022 YouTube · Festival de Cannes Plot and Meta-Narrative The movie utilizes a "film-within-a-film" structure: Les pires FRENCH HDCAM MD 2022
A middle-aged Belgian director, Gabriel (Johan Heldenbergh), arrives to shoot a feature film. He casts four local teenagers—Lily, Ryan, Maylis, and Jessy—who are known by the community as "the worst ones" (the hoodlums). As the production proceeds, the director manipulates the