The Incorrigible Optimists ClubParis, 1959. As dusk settles over the immigrant quarter, 12 year old Michel Mariniamateur photographer and compulsive readeris drawn to the hum of the local bistro. From his usual position at the football table, he has a vantage point on a grown up world of rock 'n' roll and the Algerian War. But as the sun sinks and the plastic players spin, Michel's concentration is not on the game, but on the huddle of men gathered in the shadows of a back room.