Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To please her, Philippe Abrams, a post office administrator, her husband, tries to obtain a transfer to a seaside town, on the French Riviera, at any cost. The trouble is that he is caught red-handed while trying to scam an inspector. Philippe is immediately banished to the distant unheard of town of Bergues, in the Far North of France...
Som vuxna spelar Julien och Sophie den lek de uppfann när de var små. En lek som går ut på att göra de mest halsbrytande upptåg i utbyte mot ett symboliskt pris, en speldosa. När deras liv går skilda vägar och de tyngs av vuxenvärldens allvar blir också lekarna mer allvarliga.
To fight against the introduction of automatic checkouts that threaten their jobs, staff members at Hard Discounts secretly create their own "Alternative Discount" outlet by salvaging products that would otherwise have been wasted.
En tragikomisk berättelse som kretsar kring en familjejul. Familjen har inte samlats på många år när Junon drabbas av en ovanlig cancersjukdom som endast kan botas genom en benmärgstransplantation. Junon och hennes man Abel bjuder in alla sina barnen i hopp om att någon av dem ska vara en lämplig donator. Ingen har riktigt förstått varför de inte har kunnat träffas på så länge, men väl samlade under samma tak kommer alla gamla konflikter fram och det blir en julhelg fylld av slagsmål, otrohet och baktaleri, bekännelser, kärlek och försoning...
Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but has no joy or passion to give her. When she falls for a handsome Arab youth a tragedy unfolds.
Isabelle Adjani is Carole Matthieu – a workplace physician employed in a call centre who has become emotionally involved in the suffering of her humiliated co-workers.
A middle-aged lawyer becomes infatuated with a young thief.
