The film was inspired by the real-life incident in 2006 in Marseille where a group of impoverished teenagers torched a bus, severely burning a female passenger.

[1][2] It received its international premiere 'in competition' on 31 August 2010 at the Montreal World Film Festival, this will be followed by a theatrical release in Canada on 10 September 2010.

Set amidst Marseille's immigrant suburbs, a devastating chain of events unfolds when 14-year-old Turk, Bora, hurls a Molotov cocktail at a car.

[5] Le Figaro praised Elbé for "embracing themes of violence, the code of silence, and love all serviced by a reasonable cast."

[6] It was screened at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival and subsequently the city's only English-language daily newspaper, The Gazette gave the "remarkable drama" 4 out of 5 stars.