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“La mentale,” or the code, is the hoodlum’s code of honor: do not betray, do not squeal, do not steal from a friend. Dris (Samuel Le Bihan) finds out that in fact “la mentale” is no longer much respected by the hooligans he knows. It’s one of the reasons he’d like to get out of this environment, and he tries to do so with all his heart. After several years in prison, Dris has moved in with Lise (Marie Guillard), a responsible girl who loves him and has waited for him. He gets up every morning at dawn to unload cases of vegetables as they try to rebuild their life together. But his cousin Yanis (Taxi’s Samy Naceri) would find it perfectly natural for Dris to rejoin the gang and share in their criminal exploits, as before. Are yesterday’s friends still friends today? And can one ever escape “la mentale?”