In a working-class immigrant neighborhood slated for demolition, Jo, the son of Ali, known as the Rescuer from the Algerian war, lives idle and delinquent, committing small assaults to pay for his drugs. One day, while attacking Slim's bar, he is arrested by Ben, a young beur cop torn between his roots and the imperatives of his mission to maintain public order. Giving in to the respect and friendship he feels for Ali, Ben agrees to release his son. But alas, far from calming down, Jo drifts deeper into violence, until the inevitable drama.

Marc, twelve-year-old young man, resumes consciousness in a field. He has his body bruised by multiple wounds. Back at home, plunged into a profound silence and into a state of stupefaction, he provokes strange reactions from his family. What happened to him?

Diane, a tough woman, runs a hotel used by prostitutes in 2030. Her old friend Franck drowns in alcohol the memory of his brother, Paul, who vanished years ago. He asks Diane to visit his brain to kill this memory. On the way, Diane makes some unexpected discoveries.

In 1939 a French policeman (Jacques Martin) is forgotten on a Polynesian island, during an administrative tour. When war broke out, he knew nothing about it and it was only when a German ship called that he learned of the gravity of the events. On the tone of comedy, this drama describes the relationship between this ex-policeman still imbued with administrative stupidity and the naive but joyful population of the island. The comedy prevails over the drama and the gendarme will not take long to acquire the joie de vivre of the natives.

По мотивам документальной повести Давида Говарта «Мы умираем одни» о том, как девять норвежских патриотов попали в фашистскую засаду и все погибли, кроме Яна Болсруда. О необыкновенном мужестве и стойкости Яна, преодолевшего тяжелый путь в Швецию, рассказывает фильм.

Joe Rabin is a Holocaust survivor. After the war he went to America, married someone and had a family. Today, he is on his way to Israel for a reunion of Holocaust survivors. It seems that he has another reason for going. It seems like during the war, he had a girlfriend and they were separated and she was pregnant. He has never found out what happened to her, or their baby, he hopes to find out now.

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

В основе сюжета - драматическая судьба советского офицера Алексея Павлова. Попав во время второй мировой войны в плен и оказавшись в числе перемещённых лиц, герой не сразу решился на возвращение в СССР. Поскитавшись по чужбине, Алексей всё же вернулся на Родину. Случайные попутчицы, ехавшие из Москвы на юг, - врач Анна Андреевна и её дочь Таня - стали первыми, кому Павлов поведал о своей жизни.