Jean
Marion does not love her husband anymore. She decides to leave him to live fully, not to be locked in the reassuring comfort of a family life. Dominique lives with his wife an identical situation but he can not take the plunge.
It has been a year since mankind has deserted Paris. In the now abandoned city, a few survivors roam the ruins in search of food. Among them, a couple, trying to survive by all means necessary, tries to contact others.
Le docteur
When Nénette discovers the identity of her father in a letter, she quickly goes off in search of him. But instead of finding her father, she is met by her half-brother, Paul. Paul, a bitter man who gave up his dream to take over his father’s pharmacy business, is less than thrilled at the arrival of his ‘embarrassing’ half-sister. After refusing to take her in, he soon gets a taste of his own medicine. Under the influence of a potent drug, for one day Paul is generous, happy and sensitive. The next morning, however, once the drug has worn off, his nasty side comes back...
Jacques
Stuck in a icy fate, choices have to be made. Family or no family.
Juge
Because of a motorcycle accident, a young man from the poor outskirts of Paris must find a steady job in order to avoid being sent to prison. He gets into more trouble trying to do that.
Pierre
Es Navidad. Simon (Gaspard Ulliel) tiene 19 años y vuelve a casa para pasar las fiestas, dejando atrás París, donde estudia cinematografía. en su regreso a casa de sus padres deja a todo el mundo sorprendido ya que aparace acompañado de Lousie (Mélanie Laurent), una joven a la que acaba de conocer en el tren. La propiedad de la familia se ubica en una isla. Su relación con sus padres es difícil, no obstante, con su madre Marie (Nicole Garcia) tiene una relación especial ya que parece ser la única que entiende sus elecciones: sus estudios de cine y fotografía. Simon tiene un amigo de la infancia que se ha quedado en la isla. Éste parece llevarse bien con Louise, llegando a distanciarse de Simon tras sus aventuras nocturnas. Una tarde, una inesperada llamada telefónica perturba la situación de la familia.
The mayor
Leonie Koutcharev, a top civil servant at the Ministry of Interior, proposes an ideal solution to the problem of overpopulated prisons: put model prisoners in the homes of carefully screened families. Jules and Norma Klarh, a childless couple, expect to receive an inoffensive juvenile delinquent but end up with the psychopath Marcus Steckner in their suburban home. The film centers on social criticism of the gap between reality and the bureaucratic assumptions of what reality should be.
Professeur Fénelon
Ser profesor en un barrio conflictivo de París puede entrañar ciertos riesgos, cosa que pronto experimentará Laurent, un profesor de Geografía e Historia que siempre estuvo en escuelas de provincia.
Jacques Martin
Lepetit, an ambitious and determined man, is named the new CEO of a department store. His mission is to improve the store's financial position. He decides that the human factor will be his catchword and introduces new methods, which he also applied to himself. But tensions slowly arise between members of the staff.
Jean-François, psychiatrist
Tueur
A reporter travelling to Latin America witnesses a murder through the lens of his camera.