As Long as Shotguns Remain

In a quiet, nearly abandoned suburban sprawl, two young men try to keep going after one of their close friends takes his own life. They pass the days together, shotgunning beers and slipping into reckless routines that blur the line between mourning and bravado. As they drift, a local gang offers a blunt kind of belonging, and the boys are pulled toward its rituals and rules in search of purpose. The film stays close to small gestures and empty streets, letting mood and behavior reveal how grief, boredom, and peer pressure reshape lives without spelling out tidy answers.

Directed by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel, As Long as Shotguns Remain was released in 2014 and features Lucas Doméjean, Nicolas Mias, and Naël Malassagne in principal roles.

No widely reported box office figures are available for this title, which suggests it had a small theatrical footprint and was seen mainly through limited screenings rather than a broad commercial release.

Though it has remained under the radar, the film’s stark suburban images and its focus on ritualized drinking and group dynamics have lingered with viewers who follow minimalist, character-driven European dramas. Its scenes of boys performing masculinity in empty spaces tend to stick in the memory more than any single line of dialogue.

On user platforms the film holds an average rating around 6.1 out of 10 based on a small number of votes, reflecting a mixed but interested audience. Critics and viewers tend to point to themes of adolescent aimlessness, communal ritual, and the quiet consequences of loss, praising the naturalistic performances while noting the film’s deliberate, unadorned pace.