Denis' marvelously nuanced portrait of youth and sibling bonds follows the intertwined lives of an estranged teenaged brother and sister living more or less on their own in working class Marseilles and brought together at crucial turning points in their lives. Rejecting the sentimental and ultimately condescending formulas of traditional coming-of-age stories, Denis is equally interested in conjuring the dream lives and fantasies of the siblings as understanding their relationship to the hard knocks world in which they find themselves. Featuring the instinctive and supple camerawork of Agnes Godard and an intoxicating original soundtrack by Tindersticks, Nenette and Boni is a richly sensual and rewarding film that pulls the viewer into the uniquely sensual and at times almost hallucinatory experience of adolescence.