Journalist
François Foucault, de cuarenta años, es profesor de literatura en el prestigioso instituto de París, Henri IV. Una serie de circunstancias le obligan a dejar su puesto y a aceptar una plaza en un instituto del extrarradio de la ciudad, en una zona conflictiva. François se teme lo peor.
Un tímido experto informático cae enamorado de una bella compañera mientras intenta convertirse en director de cine. Cinco años después, ellos tienen dos hijos, ella se ha convertido en una ejecutiva de éxito, mientras que la carrera de él no va a ninguna parte, y su relación está llegando a su fin.
Wanting to prove to his wife that he is cured after his brief stay in a psychiatric hospital, John insists on giving her a microwave oven.
Edouard
Edouard, unemployed computer technician, invites Diana, a young student from England, to spend a weekend in the Noire Mountain. At dusk, they arrive at Gilbert’s place. A former 60’s activist who lives in the forest, Gilbert has decided to drop everything and to offer Edouard his house. Edouard accepts the offer, tries to convince Diana to stay, and discovers that, perhaps, Gilbert is his father…
What happens in a brief love affair when a young woman meets a man in Paris and takes him back on a vacation to visit her mother in the Cevennes mountains.
