Analysis

The Scene starts when Hubert comes home to find his sister at the dining table doing work. she asks Hubert for help with a maths problem but he pushes it away, claiming he doesnt know the answer. this can be read in two ways, one that Hubert cannot do the maths problem or two, that he is simply too stressed to worry about it. my preferred reading is the second way, as it would make sense that due to his line of work selling drugs, he would be required to know at least basic maths in order to correctly deal wit customers. the fact that he is the one asked by his sister to help and that he gives his mother money for gas bills and for his sister's and brother's education, that he s their only male role model, and so has none of his own. he is the main breadwinner as he is the one to pay the bills by selling soft drugs. His crime seems to be acceptable to his family/mother. this is because they are at such a stage of desperation as it is for the gas bill and to provide education for his younger brother and sister. His crime could be seen as a symptom of his victimisation by his society/environment. it can be seen that Hubert is in business with a 'Fence', a person who sells stolen goods. This low level crime is seen to be a part of, and accepted, in this environment as there is no other options, no money.

The scene then transitions to his bed room. the camera reflects the lack of space in the room for him, making it seem overcrowded. the fact that at his age he is still living at home brings up the ideas that either he cannot afford his own place, which is extremely likely, or that no one will sell him an apartment because of his ethnicity and 'non-frenchness'