「母亲教我说话，为何我得沉默？」祖母病故，住宅电梯故障失修，抬棺材到街上弄得众人狼狈万分，这就是黑人少女哈比的日常缩影。新当选区长的白人医生邻居，「仗义」收留叙利亚难民，却无视聚居多年黑人族群苦况，狠心推动强迫迁拆令，使哈比不得不在本该普世欢腾的圣诞节走上抗争之路。压迫愈趋无理，居民怒火可会一发不可收拾？赖卓利继戛纳得奖作《孤城泪》，再次深探法国社会阶级和种族冲突根源：不患寡而患不均，不患贫而患不安，信焉。

Neneh is a little 12-year-old black girl. Born to dance, she dreams of gaining entry to the Paris Opera ballet school. Despite her enthusiasm, she will need to work twice as hard to escape her condition and gain acceptance from Marianne Bellage, the director of the establishment and an upholder of traditions, who hides a secret connecting her to the little ballerina…