When he returns home one evening in December, William, aged fifteen, finds his mother in the kitchen, livid. In her hands, a letter: the little family must leave their home by next July. But moving means having to pay more rent, which his mother's modest salary as a convenience store clerk can hardly afford...
For William, his mother Julia and little Claire - who, at three, is too young to take the measure of the drama that is unfolding - a quest begins that becomes more and more distressing and desperate as the weeks go by and the deadline approaches. Will watches with dismay the sacrifices that the situation imposes on them, while Julia, consumed by the guilt of sharing this "adult problem" with her eldest child, takes steps to try to get her family out of this mess. And despite their efforts, when the fateful date comes, they still haven't found a new roof that they can afford...
By interweaving the voices of Will and Julia, Valérie Fontaine shows from the inside the consequences of the housing crisis, as much for adults as for uprooted children, the great forgotten of the equation.
From 14 years old
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Pendant ma marche vers le parc à chiens, je repense aux paroles de ma mère.
Moi aussi, au fond, j’aimerais ça croire un peu que l’histoire se terminera bien.
Malheureusement, mon esprit cartésien me démontre l’inverse. Si on soustrait un appartement dans l’équation de notre vie et que celui-ci n’est pas remplacé, il reste juste rien comme résultat.
Le vide.
