Miniserie de TV de dos episodios. Narra la historia de Fabrizio del Dongo durante los últimos años del dominio napoleónico en Europa. La tía de Fabrizio, la fascinante duquesa de Sanseverino, y su amante, el conde Mosca, urden un plan para promocionar la carrera del adorado sobrino en la corte de Parma.
Tanguy es un joven de 28 años brillante en sus estudios, encantador y seductor, que sigue viviendo en casa de sus padres. Los Guetz viven en plena armonía o, al menos, eso parece, porque realmente su madre, Edith, ya no aguanta a Tanguy, y no se siente nada orgullosa de sí misma por sentir un cierto rechazo hacia la carne de su carne. Afortunadamente, cuando termine su tesis de chino, Tanguy se instalará en Pekín. Por eso Edith cuenta los días y se comporta como una madre amantísima, sonriente por fuera, aunque rota por dentro. Pero el día que Tanguy anuncia que va a retrasar un año más su salida de la casa, Edith explota y, junto a su marido Paul, deciden empezar a hacer la vida imposible a su propio hijo.
Frédéric Lemoyne must be very happy in his life: he is a famous biologist and the son of a hero of French resistance: his father, Marcel Lemoyne, doctor, took care for wounded members of the Resistance and helped them to find hiding places.Every year Jeanne Lemoyne , the elder sister of Frédéric celebrates his heroism in a square of Lyon. But suddenly François discovers a strange bank account in Switzerland.
Olivia, Irina and Masha are improving their acting skills. They no longer believe in Prince Charming, and their career is waning. Olivia works at the front desk at the airport and offers a wonderful plan: he would do so that friends will be aboard the Paris - New York plane and will sit next to wealthy men. Their task is to seduce the rich and pull them out of money. But the fraudsters do not suspect that Comissaire Bayard and his young assistant are closely watching them...
Zac is a well-respected French filmmaker who creates a major uproar when for no apparent reason he suddenly vanishes from his posh Parisian apartment leaving behind his lover Helene, a popular star. Marcus, his producer searches for eight months before locating Zac who has since become a homeless street bum in an expensive neighborhood. Marcus sends Zac to a posh hotel. He then sends Daisy, an ambitious secretary and aspiring screenwriter to learn what happened to the great director. It takes a lot of mutual verbal sparring and false turns (which are presented as creatively filmed vignettes that are done using a variety of techniques) from Zac before he finally tells her the truth. The two then decide to turn the story into a film. As they write, Daisy and Zac slowly fall in love. At the same time, Marcus has his hands full trying to avoid some tough Russian Mafiosos who want the money they invested back.