Brothers Martin and Simon, not yet teens, are incorrigible vandals; Martin runs away from reform school, Simon from foster homes, and they always find each other in a seacoast town of Lignan, where their destructive behavior is infamous. (It may date to their mother's leaving the family.) Martin is philosophical, romantic, and poetic: he dreams of being the son of a shark; he holds tight to a book about goldfish his mother gave him. In both halting and wild ways, he tries to court Marie, a neighbor girl. Simon, with a pocketknife and an intractable will, seems more dangerous to others. What, on earth, is there for these children-becoming-men?
| Directing | Agnès Merlet | Director |
| Art | Laurent Allaire | Production Design |
| Editing | Guy Lecorne | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valérie Adda | Costume Design |
| Camera | Gérard Simon | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gigi Akoka | Casting |
| Writing | Agnès Merlet | Writer |
| Writing | Santiago Amigorena | Writer |
| Editing | Pierre Choukroun | Editor |
| Sound | Bruno Coulais | Original Music Composer |
