

Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba.
Acting
Three brothers with chemistry that feels lived-in.
Direction
Sy and Mathurin capture banlieue without poverty tourism.
Sound
Rap soundtrack that *is* the character's interior monologue.

Director
Alix Mathurin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leïla Sy became the first woman of color to direct a Netflix Original in France; this was her feature debut after viral music videos.
The title 'Banlieusards' was changed to 'Street Flow' for international markets—a perfect metaphor for the film's whole tension between authenticity and assimilation.
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