Enzo, 16, defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship, a path far removed from the prestigious life they had envisioned for him. In their chic villa in the sun-drenched South of France, tensions simmer as relentless questions and pressures weigh on Enzo’s future and dreams. On the construction site, Vlad, a charismatic Ukrainian colleague wondering whether or not to join the fight against Russia back home, shakes up Enzo’s world. Caught between external pressures and his own uncertainties, Enzo oscillates between staying true to himself and acknowledging that he might not even know who that self is yet.
“Human Resources ended with the sentence: “Where is your place?” This question was always very strong with Laurent, who felt that the social order gave us very defined places /.../. But our place is always negotiated, always open to question and never completely acceptable. /.../ Enzo is a kid who has a pretty clear vision of what he doesn't want to belong to. We didn't take as our model teenagers who stand up to their parents, who argue with their parents, but rather Melville's Bartleby or that kind of character who resists a force of inertia.” (Robin Campillo)
Robin Campillo
Born in 1962 in Mohammedia, Morocco. He studied at the La Femis Film School in Paris, where he met Laurent Cantet, with whom he has collaborated since the late 1990s as editor and co-screenwriter. 120 Beats per Minute won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2017. Enzo was Laurent Cantet's last film co-written with Campillo before his untimely death.