Joa (Bulle Ogier), an archaeologist from Mexico, comes to Paris in search of her sister Anna (Mireille Perrier), of whom she is suddenly without news. Anna, a theater actress, was in the title role in Sade's "Justine" when she disappeared. The investigation leading Joa to the people who have known her sister, turns into an initiatory quest. Her journey, her stroll through a subterranean marginal Paris, leads also to the emergence of a new woman.
Le directeur
Joa (Bulle Ogier), an archaeologist from Mexico, comes to Paris in search of her sister Anna (Mireille Perrier), of whom she is suddenly without news. Anna, a theater actress, was in the title role in Sade's "Justine" when she disappeared. The investigation leading Joa to the people who have known her sister, turns into an initiatory quest. Her journey, her stroll through a subterranean marginal Paris, leads also to the emergence of a new woman.
Le Gérant
Cuando Prudence (Julie Hagerty) contesta al anuncio de Bruce (Jeff Goldblum), la cita que conciertan en un restaurante francés para conocerse resulta un desastre: a ella le disgusta que Bruce sea bisexual y viva con otro hombre (Christopher Guest). Ésta es la razón por la que decide visitar a su psicoterapeuta y ex-amante (Tom Conti) para que la aconseje. También Bruce acude a terapia con una singular psiquiatra (Glenda Jackson).
A diverse group of guests gather in a small hotel in Paris to contemplate the state of their lives in this pretentious drama. Joseph Goldman (Fernando Rey) is a washed-up Hollywood actor making a living in the dinner-theater circuit. Accompanied by his wife Sarah (Carole Regnier), Goldman meets Frederique (Berangere Bonvoisin), who is hiding from her former lover. French financier Arthur (Fabrice Luchini) hopes to get into the film industry and bends the ear of a British director (Michael Medwin). The talkative film has little action, and none of the characters evoke much interest or resolve their dilemma.
Carpentier
En la isla de Jersey, frente a la costa francesa, Mélanie, una bella mujer dotada de una personalidad cautivadora, disfruta teniendo aventuras amorosas sin importancia que su marido Victor, un perfumista mayor que ella, parece soportar con total indiferencia.
Paul
The life of workers and their families in a construction site of a highway in 1965.
Bruno
Solange, de 25 años, divide su tiempo entre su marido, su amante y su hija con la que ella habla a menudo, pero que nunca ve. Convencida feminista, que pasa las noches revoleteando de un hombre a otro en busca de la pareja perfecta. Hasta que conoce a Bruno. Aún cuando toda su existencia gira alrededor de él ahora, se las arregla para gritar su pasión por medio de la pluma...
