Jackie Berroyer

A disgraced political journalist placed in the soccer section, Miss Pove is asked to follow the presidential campaign in progress. The front-runner is a fifty-year-old heir to a powerful French family and a political novice. Troubled by this candidate, whom she has known to be less smooth in the past, Miss Pove embarks on an investigation that is as surprising as it is jubilant.

Unable to meet all the demands of his job and family anymore, Mathieu feels he's in a mid-life crisis and hurriedly leaves for the forest. His relatives are left by themselves, faced with his sudden departure and their choices.

In 2011, the arrival of Uber in France has created a lot of jobs, especially for young people from council estate. But then, a lot of became disillusioned. Price drop, uberization of work, a lot of work hours not even sufficient to pay bills... Karim, 37 years old and a pending divorce, drives a passenger car. To pay his car, a black sedan where he sleeps, he gets a 25 000 euros debt to an unscrupulous man. His nightmares are full of worries and accidents. Today is the due date, his creditor claim his money, which Karim doesn't have. He has seven days to repay the loan.

Thomas, a frustrated reporter who works for a local newspaper in North of France, is assigned to write a portrait of alternative musician and recent mayoral candidate Usé. After the interview, the two men happen upon the inanimate body of a man lying in a desolate alley. To their surprise, the man – Jojo – rises before them like a zombie. He appears to be fine, but has lost his memory. Some clues lead them to Jojo’s little sister Marilou. Through a series of unexpected events, the newfound friends forge bonds and embark upon a surreal journey.

Vincent Verner is a former cop who was fired from the police force for refusing to turn a blind eye to an investigation involving a powerful man. A young prosecutor comes to get him to join a new group in charge of investigating "delicate" cases, those that no one dares to summon: men and women of power, politics, finance, the media, the star system, lobbies, consortiums, and the bosses of large companies. Verner, a maverick with an aversion to lying, will apply his own methods.

Un escritor de éxito que disfruta de una cómoda existencia junto a su familia. Sin embargo, la llegada de una chica joven a la casa provoca un terremoto en el que se desvelarán terribles secretos del pasado y que desencadenará el miedo y la violencia.

When their father dies, Louise, Fabien, and Estelle feel helpless as they confront the task of taking care of their schizophrenic brother Jacques. For Louise, the experience will be life-changing.

An old Parisian bistro with eternal charm. Eight gentlemen at the table, eight great figures. They were the “kings of Paris”… National treasures, masterpieces in peril. A well-honed ritual ... A sense of humor and self-deprecation intact. Tenderness and cruelty. Eight old friends who hate and love each other. And suddenly an intruder ...

Una mañana, los Morel se despiertan con un gran problema. ¡Descubren que sus mentes se han intercambiado y que cada uno de ellos está atrapado en el cuerpo de otro miembro de la familia! Chacha, de 6 años, está en el cuerpo del padre, el padre en el cuerpo de su hijo adolescente, el hijo en el cuerpo de la hermana mayor, la hermana mayor en el cuerpo de la madre y la madre en el cuerpo de Chacha... ¿Te has perdido? Ellos también. Y esto es solo el principio.

Sophie, 28, just found out she landed that job at a famous Parisian publisher. Her dream? Not exactly: she would rather see her own graphic work printed… When she tells her boyfriend Jean she is pregnant, everything explodes. They break up and she must return to waiting tables like her friend Julia, an aspiring actress. How can one survive in the city under such conditions?

Cuando Suze Trappet se entera a los 43 años de que está gravemente enferma, decide ir en busca del hijo al que se vio obligada a abandonar cuando ella tenía 15 años. Su búsqueda administrativa le hará conocer a JB, un cincuentón en plena depresión, y al señor Blin, un archivero ciego con un entusiasmo impresionante. Los tres se embarcan en una búsqueda tan espectacular como improbable.

Tres vecinos de un suburbio se ven superados por sus problemas con la tecnología y las redes sociales. Con la ayuda de un pirata informático, deciden declarar la guerra a los poderosos gigantes tecnológicos. Tal vez su batalla esté perdida desde el principio, pero nunca se sabe.

Charles’s solitude in a big city. Days come and go with no one to talk to. In a church, on a rainy day, he stumbles upon a stranger: A woman in despair after a funeral. Charles comforts her. He has just found himself a new activity: To bring comfort to people in mourning. He feels useful again. Another man’s sorrow is the key to his new existence.

Fabienne Dangeville es una aclamada actriz del cine francés, amada y alabada por todos los hombres que llegaron a formar parte de su vida. Cuando publica sus memorias, su hija Lumir regresa de Nueva York, donde vive con su familia, para la presentación. El reencuentro entre madre e hija no tardará en convertirse en un enfrentamiento: se revelarán verdades, se ajustarán cuentas, se hablará de amor y de resentimiento.

The house is at 9 bis, Old Landerneau Road, at the top of the Donegal. No, the owner won't be doing the viewings, because he is no longer there, but there is someone who knows the place very well.

In 2008, Sami Benboudaoud discovered the hell of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Ten years later, now that everything is for the best for Sami who brilliantly completes his studies of political science, nothing will go for his cousin Charles of Chazelle.

A wife finds out her husband has a mistress. She decides to propose her to share her life with her husband, alternating every two weeks.

Samuel is sensitive. Samuel is lonely. Samuel only lives for hardcore punk music and horror movies. Samuel suffers from being misunderstood. Samuel often recalls his ex-girlfriend, Eva. Samuel, in painful moments, also speaks to the Devil.

Ulysses, an idealistic, novice film director, invites Clothilde, his young and pretty neighbor, to accompany him to the Love Film Festival on Réunion Island, where his debut film has been selected. Unfortunately, the day before they're due to leave, Ulysses learns that his film has been removed from the program. Afraid of disappointing Clotilde, he hides the truth and flies with her to Réunion, determined to do everything in his power to get his film back in the official selection and, at the same time, win the favors of the young woman, who dreams of becoming an actress. But Ulysses must cope with internal rivalries and struggles behind the scenes if he wants love and cinema to triumph.

A man's hypochondriacal relationship with his mother.

Un invierno excepcionalmente frío obliga al gobierno francés para empujar las personas alojadas mejor para dar cabida a algunos conciudadanos pobres. El decreto llamado "Le Grand Partage" crea algunos problemas entre los vecinos de un bloque de apartamentos de lujo París.

En un hospital de Nueva York, Alex, un agente de policía, conoce a Léo, un niño que tiene la capacidad de salir de su cuerpo y atravesar las paredes como un fantasma. Ambos se asocian con Mary, una intrépida periodista, para capturar a un villano desfigurado que aterroriza la ciudad.

Julien Schulmann is a comedian. He has just lost his father, a Polish Jew and extermination camp survivor. Before he died, his father left a "will" in which he requested that his other son, Pierre, who hasn't been heard from for two years, spread his ashes in Poland. His father's preference comes as a rude shock for Julien, and it opens a chasm inside him, slowly bringing to light an unspeakable secret.

Maybe the 1960s, maybe the future. Seven astronauts wake up in a spaceship, not knowing where they have come from nor where they are heading. As the ship operates by itself, they have ample time to meditate, rather scientifically, on matter, life and the universe.

Fred Bonnemaison, a driven and self-centered Parisian food writer has to return to his home town, Lyon, when his mother, a lively octogenarian, runs away to join a community of free-thinking widows.

The meeting of two lonely, marginal souls. There is Henri, a man in his 50s, limp, resigned, somewhat alcoholic. And Rosette, a (slightly) retarded woman who dreams of love, sexuality, normality

Milou is a football addict. His life is dedicated to his local team: Le Standard de Liège. Milou has no limit when it comes to his football club. But, when he meets Martine, he will soon find good reasons to start his football therapy..

Angélique is a nursery school teacher. She loves the children: other people's, of course, and those of her partner Damien, who is going through a divorce. It is then that she realizes that she has contracted a very rare allergy... to children!

Julie es una mujer muy atractiva que va a coger un avión a París puesto que va a casarse. Lo que no espera es reencontrarse con la persona a la que quiso tres años antes y que ahora compartirá siete horas de vuelo con ella, que no desaprovechará para evitar el matrimonio. Antoine es su antiguo amor y como ella muy atractivo. Es lo que se conoce como un play boy, es decir, un hombre que siempre está enamorando mujeres y que suele tener relaciones con ellas, casi siempre con varias a la vez. Ahora se encuentra con su antigua novia y tratará por todos los medios de convencerla para que vuelva con él, usando para ello las horas de vuelo que los dos van a compartir. Julie lo va a tener difícil para escapar de sus garras, ya que dentro del avión no puede ir a ninguna parte. En esas horas ambos volverán la vista atrás y podremos ver cómo eran sus vidas hace unos años, cómo empezó su relación, etc.

When their beloved Polish immigrant mother passes away, the sisters Emma (Kiberlain) and Rosemonde (Devos), and their brother, Charles (Berry), are obliged to deal with the personal and physical aftereffects, which include the cozy, old fashioned flat where she lived on the movie’s titular street (located in the heart of Paris’ chic 2nd arrondissement).

It is in a small popular district that the pot of the Eurogagnant, 124 million euros, is won - But who is the lucky winner?

Damien (Jean-Pierre Bacri, 'Como en las mejores familias'), es profesor de historia de la civilización china, y vive con su mujer, Iva (Kristin Scott Thomas, 'El paciente inglés'), directora de teatro, y el hijo de ambos, Noé (Martin Orcand Tourres). La historia de amor que los mantenía unidos se ha ido desvaneciendo por culpa de la rutina y del trabajo, del cansancio diario. Para evitar que el matrimonio se derrumbe, Damien se verá mezclado en una trampa orquestada por su mujer, que le pedirá que ayude a su padre, consejero del Estado y con el cuál mantiene una relación distante. Esta arriesgada misión sumergirá a Damien en una espiral que revolverá de arriba a abajo su vida.

After having broken up with his girlfriend and left his job, Simon has come back to his small hometown in the countryside, where he meets up again with his old friend Julien. The two thirty-year-old, unemployed and idle men decide to reinvest in an old dream from their teenage years: hitting the road for an adventurous journey. They buy a huge motor-home, but the trip is delayed by various troubles, and they decide to start their journey right where they are. Through this first motionless stage of their trip, Simon and Julien are confronted with themselves and what they wanted to run away from.

Ashley Freeman, estudiante de historia del arte en Boston, tiene una relación de una noche con un desconocido llamado Michael O'Connell. Al principio prece tratarse simplemente de un admirador insistente, pero poco a poco O'Connell, un ingenioso hacker, va entrando en la vida no sólo de Ashley sino también de su padre, un serio profesor universitario, y de su madre, una prestigiosa abogada, demostrando ser un psicópata obsesionado por controlar la vida de Ashley. Todo se convierte en una pesadilla. No hay posibilidad de disuadirlo: ni los sobornos ni las amenazas lo detienen. Y cuando el investigador asignado al caso aparece muerto, la familia entera entiende que se enfrenta a algo mucho más serio de lo que han imaginado. (FILMAFFINITY)

Philippe is a singer and in the existence of a singer, there are times when everything accelerates especially when a crazy groupie, neglected parents, a lunar ornithologist and a tough childhood friend strive to complicate the life... How to get out ?

Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adventure, when his luggage is swapped for a French businesswoman's belongings who soon takes a liking to his belongings -- especially his shoes -- and sets out to find him.

The arrival in France of the first generation of Algerian immigrants. In the early sixties, Kader, soon joined by his wife Myriam, tries to build a new life on French soil. Like many other couples, they soon find themselves torn between the dream of returning to their homeland and that of prospering in a land that is not always welcoming.

Sonia Bergerac, una profesora de un instituto conflicitivo, donde la mayoría de los estudiantes son inmigrantes árabes y negros, está desquiciada de tanto lidiar con sus irrespetuosos y agresivos alumnos. Un día, durante una clase, descubre una pistola en la mochila de un chico, la coge y, dominada por la confusión y los nervios, la usa para retener a los chicos como rehenes.

A comedian kidnaps a singer and keeps him in his apartment.

State secrets, sincere convictions, ecstatic crowds, a regal lifestyle, prying journalists, suspicious disappearances: what goes on behind the scenes in the halls of power or the daily life of a President.

The city is quiet, it is night, a shadow hovers over the city. In Saint-Denis, it is the beginning of spring and everything is agitated around Aton. The young man's life is turned upside down by the arrival of his father, his university exams, and especially by the appearance of a mysterious young woman, Nina. The shadow is always there, it prowls around Aton's building: it has found its prey. This is the beginning of a journey through the night, of a magical quest, from which the young man will not emerge unscathed.

A bourgeois office drone whose raison d’état is the music of French rocker Johnny Hallyday awakens one day in an alternate universe where the famed musician never recorded a single song. When he’s not at the office dutifully plugging-away, Fabrice lives a deadly dull life.

A literary professor who suffers from writer's block decides to kidnap one of his female students in order to promote her brilliant essay that reminds him of his own work as his own.

Unos días antes de Navidad, el artista itinerante Marc Stevens está atascado al anochecer en un lejano bosque en la pantanosa región de Hautes Fagnes en Lieja, con su furgoneta a punto de estallar. Un tipo raro que está buscando un perro perdido lleva a Marc a una posada cerrada ...

Three disparate people meet in a bizarre skiing accident: an alcoholic doctor who has just been left by his wife, a beautiful but directionless woman, and the bumbling Algerian man who caused the accident. They become fond of each other, and of liquor.

Una actriz, que recorre los escenarios de la Francia rural con su monólogo "Sexo y Crimen", conoce y se enamora de un hombre que, a partir de ese momento, colaborará en su espectáculo. Un sentido homenaje al mundo de los cómicos. (FILMAFFINITY)

Annecy no es un destino turístico para tres hermanos argelinos de clase trabajadora y su padre, unos meses después de la muerte de su madre. Marc está profundamente perturbado y trata con traficantes de drogas duras. Christophe acaba de salir de la cárcel y Olivier, de casi 18 años, puede ser estar enamorado

Sophie and Olivier are a couple leading a straightforward life. They’re bakers in Paris and their lives are regulated by the constraints of their job. Sophie gets the feeling that her husband is no longer really interested in her. They then read a personal ad pinned to their bakery’s notice board and get in touch with Paul and Colette, a rather strange couple who want to sell their holiday home. They buy the house – without even taking a look at it first – little knowing that it’s located in a nudist colony.

French drama, the debut film from writer-director Eléonore Faucher. Teenager Claire (Lola Naymark) discovers she is pregnant and decides to keep it a secret. Abandoning her dead-end supermarket job, she is taken on as an apprentice by couturiere Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), who is grieving over the death of her own child. As the two women work together, they soon develop a supportive and fam

Patrick Lechat se entera de que su padre, el escritor Jo Lechat, acaba de morir dejando una colosal fortuna. Albert Moulinot, un excéntrico personaje que dice ser el hermanastro de Jo, vive como un ermitaño en plena Naturaleza y sin más compañía que la de un jabato. Él resulta ser el único heredero de la fortuna de Jo, pero no la quiere. Patrick hará entonces todo lo posible para llevar a Albert a la ciudad con el fin de que firme los documentos de rechazo de la herencia.

Three siblings lose both their parents after a terrible accident, after which their lives are forever changed. Vincent, the middle child, has to assume a lot of responsibility, not the least of which is his younger sister Alice. He must also give up his architecture course in order to work for his uncle's construction firm. The two adjust, and their life goes pretty well before it is again turned upside down when their older brother Thomas, who had been in Brazil for a couple of years, returns and upsets the current order.

With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a matter of fact, Désiré gets his due punishment when Manu, his girlfriend, kicks him out of home. At a loss, he finds refuge with Alex, a young actor. He is soon joined by Eduardo, an Italian producer, dumped like him by his wife. While Désiré tries to rebuild himself, the three men decide to write a film script that will be the basis of a vehicle for Alex.

In the lead up to the presidential elections five candidates turn up from out of nowhere. Then, as the days go by, they are eliminated one by one, each meeting with a violent death, until one is left to become president.

After a car accident, Jean Mardet ends the agony of his wife with a rock. Mardet then keeps killing because he believes that God himself has entrusted a mission to him: kill the unfortunate souls.

Ils sont cinq tueurs. Francis, le chef, Louis le parano, Victor, l'accro aux series tele, M'sieur, fan de tamagochi et Marchand, dont la femme est la seule certitude. Elle le croit representant en chaussures. Jusqu'au jour ou elle decouvre la verite. Une discussion plus qu'orageuse suit, au cours de laquelle il lui balance un coup de poing d'une telle force qu'elle tombe dans le coma. Marchand est effondre. Il acquiert la conviction que, s'il se rachete, elle se reveillera. Il decide non seulement de raccrocher mais encore de sauver ses hypothetiques victimes.

In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she sets out after him, traveling to Siena to bring him back.

The Soeur brothers would like to work in the film making business. They wrote a complex story that doesn't make any sense, and nobody wants to produce it. They're willing to do anything in order to make their film come to life.

Laurent's fate is to be a soccer superstar. But he happens to fall in love with a Fabienne, 40. He is only 18, and his career is about to fall apart...

Professor Choron recounts with his memories as a child of a barrier guard, the 2nd World War with its horrors and the trains he saw during those years leaving for Germany or coming from there, full of French or German soldiers, in conquest or in rout according to the period

Mlle Lara has trouble with men, so for her birthday she plans something special in pursuit of a wonderful love.

Twenty-four hours in the life of a young musician, Noël Akchoté, in his dealings with improvisation, technique, money, concerts, studios, guitars, history, independents, majors. Between fiction and documentary, between laughter and seriousness, a "jazz" portrait.

A former schoolteacher turned film distributor, Jean-Pierre Jackson made his directorial debut with this French comedy about two losers. When alimony payments catch up with Felix (Philippe Chevaillier), his furniture is seized. After a decade-long marriage, Raoul (Regis Laspales) leaves his wife. The two team for a job with Le Gai Vendangeur (The Jolly Vintner) as sales reps, but they score zero while tooling around Brittany in a silly station wagon decorated with an immense wine bottle atop the vehicle's roof. However, when they're joined by friendly, sexy Eliane (Cecile Bois), sales surge. The wine pours, and so does the money. Life is sweet, but it all turns sour when an affair begins between Felix and Eliane, much to Raoul's regret.

An unemployed man from the Antilles is implanted with a synthetic embryo by an unscrupulous professor -- and becomes pregnant.

24 hours in a man's life who became famous. He returns in his childhood's city after 30 years of absence

Betty y Victor forman una pareja bastante singular. Él es un hombre de 60 años, justo el doble que ella. Los dos recorren Francia y otros países en una caravana y participan en reuniones y congresos, donde se dedican a desvalijar a hombres ricos que son presa fácil del irresistible encanto de Betty.

American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-Greek cabaret, and on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn-born Max suspects his girlfriend Sophia has been cheating on him. His French pal Jean and a young woman, Vita, step in with a scheme to get back at Sophia, a character who is never seen during the entire film. Included is a parody of the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter (1978).

American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-Greek cabaret, and on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn-born Max suspects his girlfriend Sophia has been cheating on him. His French pal Jean and a young woman, Vita, step in with a scheme to get back at Sophia, a character who is never seen during the entire film. Included is a parody of the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter (1978).

After fatally shooting a stalker, Parisian bar-maid Lea must live the life of the title reptile. At the time of the killing she was living with Francis, a much older American ex-con. After committing the murder, the fleeing and frightened Lea is saved by Paris paper boys Jean and Luc. Later she tells her sad story to hard-drinking Moskowitz, a middle-aged cop who secretly desires her. His unrequited love leads to tragedy. Meanwhile, Lea continues living with Francis, but also shacks up with Luc while trying to avoid the jealous cop.

The mid-life crisis of a middle-aged, depressive college professor/author provides the center of this French character study. Abel Vichac has really let himself go. Though a successful writer, and supposedly working on a book about 'regret,' he is barely functioning. He can't sleep at night. During the day he is easily distracted, irresponsible and moody. He also ignores his patient live-in lover Aliette who has stuck by him for 10 years. As he mopes through another day, he gets into several awkward occasions. One of his students, Florence tells him off in a café. A young woman, Catherine hears this and afterward introduces herself as a fan. Later he decides to find her address and visit her apartment. There Abel meets Catherine's roommate Aurore and the former's jealous boyfriend Bruno for a tense scene. He is returning home when Abel encounters his brother's former lover Olga and this creates more awkwardness.

A misanthropic Parisian street punk learns some difficult lessons after being captured for assaulting and robbing a man in this interesting French drama. This has not been the first time young Denis Lavant has been in trouble, and this time the judge sentences him to the Coral, an experimental open community founded in 1975 by Claude Sigala, in the wilderness of the Camargue. There he encounters a group of inmates just as neurotic and messed up as he is.

Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited baby is Tomasi, their best friend at that time, who died one month before due to an overdose. They remember their teenage, their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks... a description of the French youth in the middle of the seventies. Part of ARTE's series "The high school years".

Un agente de bolsa llamado Steph descubre que tiene un hijo, Mimi Siku, viviendo en el corazón de la selva venezolana. Le lleva a París, donde el joven, evidentemente, tendrá dificultades para adaptarse a la civilización. (FILMAFFINITY)

This French drama takes a gentle poke at the youthful ideologies of the post-hippy 70's. Fabio and Alain are teenagers with widely differing backgrounds and philosophies. Fabio is a rebellious Stalin quoting, left-winger from a lower middle-class family. He dreams of being a rock star even though he can't play a note. Alain, a soft-spoken boy from a middle-class family prefers to quote Plato. Alain is attracted to Fabio's enthusiastic talk on political activism. When the local press accuses them of terrorism after they toss a rock through a window they are initially delighted. Their delight is short-lived when they realize that may be blamed for some of the real terrorism the town has been experiencing.

An outer suburb of Paris, 1972. Gilles and Christine, both sixteen, are classmates and lovers who have become frustrated with the aloofness of their families and the general monotony of their lives. When the pair are caught shoplifting, Christine's father ships her off to a home for emotionally disturbed children, temporarily putting space between her and Gilles. Luckily for them, though, she escapes and the couple contemplate running away together.

Martine is 25. Since breaking up with François, she has the feeling that the world is caving in on her. Between small jobs and one-night stands, she can't seem to get a fix on herself. In desperation, after a last quarrel with François, she unintentionally causes an accident that leads her to the emergency ward of a psychiatric hospital. During her brief stay, she unexpectedly sparks into life. She takes an interest in two young patients, Pierre and Anne, convinced that she is doing the right thing in supervising their love life...

Martine is 25. Since breaking up with François, she has the feeling that the world is caving in on her. Between small jobs and one-night stands, she can't seem to get a fix on herself. In desperation, after a last quarrel with François, she unintentionally causes an accident that leads her to the emergency ward of a psychiatric hospital. During her brief stay, she unexpectedly sparks into life. She takes an interest in two young patients, Pierre and Anne, convinced that she is doing the right thing in supervising their love life...

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.

In this surreal comedy, Tonio works very hard for every bit of ill-gotten cash he can get his hands on, but he remains a poor criminal in both senses of the word. He and his buddies Bruno and Hercule think they have the solution to their pocketbook woes. The body of St. Bernadette has been miraculously preserved from decay and is a central object of pilgrimage in the shrine where it is kept. Why not steal that and hold it for ransom? The criminal gang is well able to pull this coup off and are soon in possession of one perfectly preserved corpse and a very fancy coffin. It's too bad for them that the church seems to have a limitless supply of these and doesn't want the one they stole back. Bemused, the lads set the coffin adrift on the river, only to be followed by it as they drive back upriver. In the course of carrying out their criminal designs, these lovable lugs encounter a variety of eccentric characters.

Adaptación de las novelas "The copulating mermaid of Venice" y "Trouble with the battery" de Charles Bukowski. Simon y Dede son dos amigos sin rumbo que pasan los días emborrachándose y el resto del tiempo tumbados. Simon vive del paro en una caravana aparcada cerca del piso de su hermana. Dede trabaja empaquetando pescado. Ninguno de los dos tiene mucha sensibilidad, ni son jóvenes, ni con buen aspecto. Su sangre fría los mantiene en buen estado mientras viven su triste vida.

Mona is the girlfriend of Pierre, who is a member of a rather pathetic rock band in France. Their hero is the singer "Johnny Valentine " who, seeing that Mona is being neglected, decides to make her his own.

Roger, a chip seller on a Cote d’Azur beach, divides his life between his wife, a painter with a flair for originality whose work is unrecognized, and his mistress Bébé, a beautician on vacation. But his encounter with a third woman, a picaresque singer with whom he falls madly in love, will be accompanied by numerous adventures.

In a routine look at what it means to finally leave adolescence behind — even in one’s mature years — this series of mood swings and sequences focuses on two grown men. Francois (Jean Francois Stevenin, the director) and Leo (Yves Alonso) are old friends, and at one point they decide to go out and search for one of their childhood buddies, the brunt of several of their practical jokes. In true form, the men opt for playing yet another practical joke on their friend, but their plans backfire when his wife Helene (Carole Bouquet) comes into the picture instead. Her presence forces them to reconsider their shenanigans in a new light.