[4] In Jura,[5] 18-year-old Totone spends his carefree days with his friends Jean-Yves and Francis, filled with flirting, drinking, and occasional brawls with youth from the neighboring village.

After his father's fatal car accident while driving home from a village festival, Totone suddenly has to take sole responsibility for his younger sister Claire.

He loses his job as a janitor at a cheese dairy shortly after starting when he gets into a physical altercation with a coworker, whom Totone had previously tried to steal a girlfriend from.

To help Totone buy back the already sold tractor, his friend Jean-Yves sells his lovingly modified stock car.

The film's ensemble of first-time actors was assembled over the course of several months by casting directors Léa Gallego and Emmanuel Thomas, who traveled to agricultural shows and stock car races to find talent.

[6] The film received predominantly positive reviews, with critics particularly praising its authentic portrayal of rural life and successful balance between drama and comedy.

[8] Kirsten Taylor of Filmdienst detected elements reminiscent of tourism advertising, for instance in a scene where Tonton and Claire attentively listen alongside tourists to a detailed explanation of hard cheese production.

Nevertheless, she appreciated cheese-making as a successful narrative device that not only anchored the story in reality but also symbolized Tonton's personal maturation process.