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French Boy Cigarettes is part dark comedy, part thriller, part family drama about a 17-year-old Egyptian-American, Jawad, who lives with his grandmother Najla in a cramped apartment on the northern coast of Massachusetts. Trapped in an abusive relationship with a white boy from his town, and shamed by his conservative grandmother, Jawad makes the reckless decision to fight back against his abuser, and ends up...
French Boy Cigarettes is part dark comedy, part thriller, part family drama about a 17-year-old Egyptian-American, Jawad, who lives with his grandmother Najla in a cramped apartment on the northern coast of Massachusetts. Trapped in an abusive relationship with a white boy from his town, and shamed by his conservative grandmother, Jawad makes the reckless decision to fight back against his abuser, and ends up kidnapping him. Now Jawad and Najla must figure out what to do with the badly bruised boy in the basement, with suspicious neighbors, the threat of deportation, and God’s judgment looming over their heads.