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A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.

In November 1919, two soldiers--a disfigured but brilliant artist and an ex-accountant--start a memorial con. But in Roaring Twenties France, their adventures soon turn dangerous.

The rise and fall of the famous clown Chocolat, the first black circus performer who revolutionised the stagnant circus acts and conquered Paris of the Belle Époque with his exuberance and originality.

Squale, an ace spy, is called back from South America to carry out a tough operation. Goal: dismantle an international arms traffic masterminded by an important French government official. Squale triggers off a squall that blasts away everything in its wake: people, cars, and helicopters. The Lemercier, Clavier and Reno trio steal the thunder in this uproarious operation.

A 15-year-old boy unearths a shocking family secret.

Clara is happily married to a promising lawyer and lives in Paris. After the sudden death of her mother, Clara has to assume responsibility for her younger sister Lily, whose extreme sensitivity makes her vulnerable.

The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade.

A mischievous boy develops a bond with a strict teacher in a small boarding school.

When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when he disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house and a beautiful girl hidden within it, Meaulnes has been changed forever.

A successful author, Darius sees posters announcing his new play. Suddenly panicked, he remembers that he forgot to write it. Darius then begins to panic and finds no inspiration.

In 1945, "cigarette camps" were set up in Normandy to provide rest and recreation for American soldiers back from the front and their wives.

In the hot summer of 1940 the German troops are just outside Paris, and numerous Parisians are leaving the city in a complete panic. Luce Ader, the sensitive daughter of a factory owner, decides somewhat belatedly to escape as well, together with her arrogant fiancé Bruno. Since they have a luxury automobile, the elderly society lady Diane Lessing decides to join them, and brings along the sensitive homosexual diplomat Loïc Lhermitte with her. The four of them finally leave the city in the hopelessly overloaded luxury car, only to get stuck in the middle of a seemingly endless column of refugees along a dusty road outside Paris. During an attack by German dive-bombers their chauffeur, Jean, is shot dead, and the car is severely damaged. Traveling any farther is now out of the question. A young farmer named Maurice, although he is injured himself, gives the four of them a ride in his cart and takes them to the dirty little farm run by his resolute mother Arlette. At first the Parisians are appalled at the squalor of country life, and when Arlette actually urges them to work in the fields they start wondering how to get away. Bruno, in particular, regards manual labor as quite beneath him. He tries to get away on foot, but soon collapses with exhaustion, and Arlette has to pick him up and bring him back in a cart. Meanwhile Luce has grown accustomed to the farm, and is beginning to enjoy country life... Eventually she and Maurice have a passionate affair. Loïc, too, slowly starts to appreciate the positive aspects of his new environment. At a large festival at the farm, city and country openly make peace with one another. Even Diane and Bruno are converted now. At this point the local landowner, a naive landed aristocrat, threatens to drive Arlette and the others off his land: she has stopped making any profit during the war and has failed to pay the count any rent for quite some time now. The Parisians now make use of their worldly knowledge to save the farm. Eventually they manage to embroil the greedy count in a risky poker game, and succeed in winning not only the farm but also his car. Just then Pétain announces the "ceasefire" over the radio. The effusive Parisians take their leave of Arlette and Maurice, get into their new car and drive back to Paris, straight into the arms of the Germans.

After his wife allegedly commits suicide, Vincent starts behaving very strangely, throwing away the weapon and moving the body, leading the police to start asking questions. What if it wasn't a suicide? What if Vincent killed his wife?

May 1940, in the French Ardennes. The German Army is getting ready to invade France. Old Gustave lives alone in his village with Camille, his teenage granddaughter and Etienne, his grandson. All the other inhabitants have evacuated the village, which makes Gustave very happy as he is the sole master there. Etienne, does not care because he is too young but Camille is beginning to suffer from her solitude and finds it hard to put up with her granddad's selfishness and bossiness. One day a patrol of African-born soldiers ("Tirailleurs Sénégalais") comes to the deserted village...

Jeanne is a young weirdo girl who flies to Paris, and is hired by an old lady called Madeleine as an au pair. Jeanne lies to Madeleine, she says she comes from a very rich family. Young Madeleine's admirer Antoine and another thug, Marcel, kidnap Jeanne when they hear she's a millionaire. But the problem is that Jeanne's parents are poor and Antoine soon falls for her.

Loudun, October 1947. Leon and Marie Besnard celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary with friends and Ady, a former German prisoner they have "adopted." A few days later, Leon dies. Louise, a friend of the couple's--and probably Leon's mistress--claims that on his deathbed, the deceased told her that Marie was poisoning him. The whole town soon condemns Marie and she is arrested and sent to jail. Did she really kill Léon as well as 12 other family members, as she finds is the charge against her?

Pierre Neuville returns home to find his son. He meets André, a boy with some similarities.. But chance suddenly brings him face-to-face with his true son, an overly sensitive youth with a strong attachment to his foster mother.

In 1914, Blanche Maupas replaces her husband Théo as local teacher when he is drafted into the French Army for WW I combat. News is bad: Théo is executed to set an example, after finding it impossible to send his men into the firing line.

Paris at the end of the 60's. Raised by her Breton single mother in a white family and area, Maya, a mulatto girl goes to find the other part of her story and history.

Henri is obese and bulimic. During a visit to his childhood home, the memory of his family, and more particularly of his brother, awakens the ambiguity of relations that Henri has forgotten the essential: his break with the family circle.

A mysterious stranger, a man from nowhere with surprising powers, arrives in a rural locality. His presence leads to unusual and strange turn of events. Is he the living manifestation of destiny, which one day forces us to choose our life?