Games Of Love & Chance (2003) Rating: Starring: Hafet Ben-Ahmed, Nanou Benhamou, Aurelie Ganito, Sara Forestier, Carole Franck, Sabrina Ouazani, Osman Elkharraz Director: Abdel Kechiche Category: Drama, Foreign Studio: New Yorker Subtitles: English Length: 117 mins     "Desire, jealousy and peer pressure....wonderfully embodied by its lively cast." - A.O. Scott, New York Times A sensitive, daringly original and deeply human portrait of a group of teenagers living in the projects outside Paris and surviving in a world marginalized by society. Set during the preparations for a school production, it captures their affections, quarrels and jealousies as well as the budding romance between shy Krimo and Lydia, the fiery blonde star. Krimo, a pre-thug with great, big dreams forms a tight crew with his friends that carries its weight around their dangerous 'hood. Confident and sassy, Lydia is a romantic, stunning beauty driven by passion. Friends throughout their lives, as they move into adolescence, Krimo realizes he has fallen in love. Using the show as a way to get closer to Lydia, Krimo persuades his friend, Rachid, to give up the lead role. Krimo wants Lydia and he's far too smitten to be scared of looking ridiculous in front of his crew. Rejection, seduction, betrayal, and love are the heart of this universal coming-of-age story.