Accompanied by a child, the mathematician Galileo observes the firmament with a telescope. Ten years ago, the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned in Rome for having supported the idea of an infinite and centerless universe, based on the work of Copernicus. By dint of observations and calculations, Galileo seeks proofs for his hypothesis of a cosmic system where the Earth is "an ordinary celestial body, one among thousands". From Padua to Venice, the mathematician shakes certainties by confronting the power of a Church which wishes to maintain its absolute power in the "crystal spheres" where Ptolemy has hitherto locked up the world.
Kader, the trainer of a teenage football team, refuses to see that Estelle has feelings for him. An outing to a nightclub with his best friend will perhaps enable him to see more clearly.
Elsa
Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) es una profesora de filosofía que da clases en un instituto de París. Su trabajo le entusiasma y reparte su tiempo entre sus alumnos y su familia, con sus hijos ya mayores y su madre algo senil. Un día su marido le informa de que se va a ir con otra mujer. Ese será solo el primero de una serie de grandes cambios que obligarán a Nathalie a reinventar su vida de un día para otro.
Léa
Paris. Winter. One night, Antoine, a 22 year-old boy, decides to go to the seaside. All night long, dealing with drug and love, he will try to buy his train ticket, which will leave at the crack of dawn.
Charlie Sheen juega un preso rebelde en una prisión militar del ejército. Con la ayuda de prisioneros negros, se dara cuenta que llevar una amistad en el ejercito lo ayudara a superar problemas personales y a llevar una visión mas optimista hacia el futuro.
Babysitter
Marco Silvestri, capitán de un carguero, recibe una llamada que reclama su presencia inmediata en París. Sandra, su hermana, está desesperada. Su marido se ha suicidado, la empresa familiar se aproxima a la quiebra y su hija ha sido internada en un centro psiquiátrico. Sandra acusa al poderoso empresario Edouard Laporte de ser el responsable de su situación. Decidido a encontrar el punto débil de este hombre de negocios y llevar a cabo una terrible venganza, Marco se muda al edificio donde vive Raphaelle, la amante de Laporte.
Manon
Charles and Pierrot are inseparable. When Charles takes early retirement, it seems the world is their oyster. They can spend even more time together. Their motto is simple: "Make the most of life and have fun!». They fill their days with abundant imagination, under the tender and sometimes worried gaze of the women in their lives…
Anaïs
The life of a Middle-East family of immigrants in Europe. The father carries the heavy burden of banishment. To rescue his culture, his traditions, is mandatory, so he remains faithful to his past, his origins, to himself. His daughter is now a grown-up. He worries and wishes she would get married soon. The young woman leaves the family home every morning, but changes her clothes in a bar before she goes to work, her hair down. She puzzles the young boss of the company that employs her. He fell in love and is ready to do anything to marry her. But the young woman keeps her freedom of choice, just like her mother had done with her father. She won’t have time to introduce the only man for her to her parents. A friend of her father’s catches them. In a cafe.
Léa
"Holy Motors" narra 24 horas en la vida de un ser con múltiples caras: asesino, mendigo, ejecutivo, monstruo, padre de familia... El protagonista tiene una identidad completamente distinta en cada una de estas vidas. Encarna personajes como si se tratase de una película dentro de una película. ¿Pero dónde están las cámaras, el equipo de cine, el escenógrafo? ¿Y dónde está su casa, su refugio?
Violin (Violon)
One summer evening in a small town in France, two teenage boys, Clarinet and Piano, say goodbye. For twelve years, they rejoin each other at irregular intervals in the same town, discussing their ambitions as they drift apart. Michaël Dacheux's 'Here and There' is a delicate exploration of the eager aspirations of two young men, wise beyond their years yet still innocent in their experience.
Noémie
Noémie and Priscilla, two teenagers from a modest background, nurture the same violence, the same revolt. They seriously worry their families, who feel that these girls are capable of anything...
