Production Supervisor
Un escritor (Ewan McGregor) acepta a regañadientes el encargo de terminar las memorias del antiguo primer ministro británico Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), después de la muerte en un accidente de la persona que lo estaba haciendo. Para ello, se instala en una isla de la costa este de Estados Unidos. Al día siguiente de su llegada, un antiguo ministro acusa a Lang de autorizar la captura ilegal de presuntos terroristas y su entrega a la CIA, hechos que constituirían un crimen de guerra. El escándalo atrae a periodistas y manifestantes a la mansión de la isla donde se aloja Lang con su mujer (Olivia Williams) y su ayudante personal (Kim Cattrall).
Producer
Film-maker Jean Diaz lives with his son David after separated from his wife. On their way to the new house near the sea, Jean and David have a car accident provoked by The Death (portrayed here like a grim-reaper). The doctor actually can save Jean, but The Death sabotages the equipment with his computer. The Death offers Jean to wake David from his coma, but Jean must make an animation movie against the violence for him.
Mr. Martel
After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, Claire, suddenly re-enters his life. For Alex, the fires of love are easily re-kindled, but Claire has another man in her life…
Production Manager
Gérald, former champion of motorcycle competitions, after an accident that causes him to lose the use of his right becomes a trainer for young riders. But because he can not make enough money, he takes part in a burglary.
Production Manager
Based on the letters of a fictitious poetess to her lover. Duras reads extracts from these letters, as the film shows a boat journey down the Seine, past familiar bridges and landmarks. – BFI
