Mimicking New American cineastes’ Gus Van Sant and Larry Clark, French-Canadian pic transcends neither, using the back-story of teen suicide among aimless ‘we don’t care, why should you’ characters. Props go to filmmaker Yves for creating pretty visuals here and there, but it plays like an MTV mush of MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, KIDS, VIRGIN SUICIDES, and ELEPHANT, with the pathos and complexity of none (and I couldn’t stand VIRGIN SUICIDES). The problem may lie in what appears to be a trading off of relevant Quebecois issues for American posturing – teens pondering suicide may be the same the world over (actually, that’s not true), but c’mon – give me some history here. Nothing expanded upon, of little nutritional value, and those grating Cat Power “solos”…yeurgh. I’m curious to see what Yves will come up with, though – a few years from now.