A retired criminal lawyer is persuaded to take on one more case and becomes involved with his client's wife.

Mickey Haller é um advogado criminal de Los Angeles, que usa o seu carro como escritório. Durante toda a sua vida, a rotina de trabalho de Haller passava por atender clientes e defender pequenas causas, até ao dia em que lhe surge o grande desafio da sua carreira: defender um playboy de Beverly Hills acusado de violação e tentativa de homicídio. Mas o que aparentemente parecia um caso simples de resolver, rapidamente se transforma num perigoso jogo de sobrevivência...

Set in 18th century France, a naive 17-year-old orphan named Benjamin is taken in by his wealthy aunt, the Countess de Valandry. There, he is seduced by a variety of women, including a few flirtatious maidservants and neighboring countesses who all want to be Benjamin's "first".

Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher family (whose father is a bailiff) and the Colin family (who sells bras in the markets). This year, their peace is slightly disturbed by the proximity of a construction site where foreign workers are employed. Xenophobic comments are made. One evening at the ball, a fight breaks out between Lajoie, Albert Schumacher and two algerian immigrant workers...