Eleven year old immigrant girl Amy (Fathia Youssouf), originally hailing from Senegal lives with her mother Mariam (Maïmouna Gueye) in one of the Paris poorest neighbourhoods in an apartment along with her two younger brothers awaiting for her father to rejoin the family from Senegal. Things turn swiftly as Amy is fascinated by a disobedient neighbour Angelica's (Médina El Aidi-Azouni) free spirited dance clique called Cuties, a hiphop troupe which has contrasting fortunes and characteristics to Mariam's traditional customs, values and traditions.