Catherine Vinatier

París, 1985. Vanessa tiene trece años cuando conoce a Gabriel Matzneff, un hombre muy inteligente y manipulador. El reconocido escritor de cincuenta años seduce a la joven. La adolescente se convierte en la amante y musa de un hombre celebrado por el mundo cultural y político. Perdiéndose en la relación, gradualmente comienza a darse cuenta de cuán destructiva y anormal es la situación, hasta que finalmente ve a Gabriel Matzneff como el depredador que realmente es. Vanessa ahora tiene un largo viaje para liberarse de su influencia y sanar de su sufrimiento.

París, principios de los años 90. Un grupo de jóvenes activistas intenta generar conciencia sobre el SIDA. Un nuevo miembro del grupo, Nathan, se quedará sorprendido ante la radicalidad y energía de Sean, que gasta su último aliento en la lucha.

Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she has an appointment in Paris that is important for her career, but she also has to run errands and pick up the kids from school. During the course of her day, monopolized by petty, everyday tasks, Juliette can feel the noose of domestic obligations and household chores slowly tightening around her neck.

A young woman inherits her family's historic home on the coast of Brittany, a house she has not been to since her father died there when she was age 12.

Emmanuelle lives in the suburbs near a shopping mall. Since her father's death, she feels increasingly out of sync with the world around her. Her mother is distracted, high school bores her. She has just turned 17 and, this particular year, her life will take an entirely different turn.

Max Skinner (Russell Crowe), un experto en inversiones viaja desde Londres hasta Provenza para vender un pequeño viñedo que ha heredado de un tío, al que estuvo muy unido en su niñez. Lo que no esperaba en absoluto es que éste fuera el punto de partida de un estimulante capítulo de su vida.

Benoit turns 13 and develops an intense crush on his godmother, Marion. As they lie on beaches in the summer, she humors him by talking about the mysteries of women.

On the spur of the moment, 30-year old Alain gives up his well-paid job as a tester of computer games, but is uncertain over what do next. He takes up the offer of a place on a course to learn how to operate a bulldozer, although this means spending time away from home. During his training, he is paired up with a child-like younger man, Manu, who is passionate about wanting to drive a bulldozer but has no aptitude for the job. While his marriage starts to fall apart, Alain finds himself becoming more dependent on his relationship with Manu.

Anne doesn't have enough money to take her daughter, Mélody, away from the small provincial town where they live for a few days during the summer holidays. In the face of her daughter's disappointment and incomprehension, she does all she can to find the money.

Raï se trata de una pandilla de jóvenes en un suburbio parisino. Este es el entorno multicultural en el que Mezz, Aziz, Laurent, Nordine, Poisson y los demás han crecido. No hay futuro en Garges-les-Gonesses. El desempleo es alto, las drogas y la violencia son parte de la vida cotidiana. La oportunidad de escapar parece inexistente.