French Blood (French May 2016)

Through the life of a French neo-Nazi Marco’s transformation over 20 years, French Blood reflects the rise of right-wing nationalist movement in France in recent years. The story begins in 1985, Marco and his two neo-Nazi pals pester and beat up Arabs, blacks, gays, and communists. The explosion of violence and the background of banlieue recall Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine (1995). Can Marco’s alcoholic father and childhood without bedtime stories explain his white supremacism? One day, consumed by racial hatred on bus, he has trouble breathing and is saved by a pharmacist. Can this episode transform the course of his life?