Simon Malcom Cokes

Max, a ruthless fifty-year-old hitman, discovers he has a problem: he now faints at the drop of blood. With his future in the profession in jeopardy, he's going to have to retrain... But not so simple when his only professional skill is to kill people... They are helped by a couple of young neighbors, Karim and Stéphanie, who do not imagine for a moment who they are dealing with... Max becomes attached, in spite of himself, to the young couple, until his past catches up with him.

The story homes in on Lorik, who's barely thirty years old yet who works as an enforcer for the Albanian mafia in Brussels, alongside his mentor Aleks. And when Lorik falls in love with Sema, a Fine Arts student of Turkish origins, his past comes back to haunt him: a man hailing from Lorik's village in Albania, whose father was killed by the latter's uncle, tracks down the young man and demands that his family's debt be paid for in blood, as per the Kanun tradition. In short, he asks the clan for Lorik's death.

The story homes in on Lorik, who's barely thirty years old yet who works as an enforcer for the Albanian mafia in Brussels, alongside his mentor Aleks. And when Lorik falls in love with Sema, a Fine Arts student of Turkish origins, his past comes back to haunt him: a man hailing from Lorik's village in Albania, whose father was killed by the latter's uncle, tracks down the young man and demands that his family's debt be paid for in blood, as per the Kanun tradition. In short, he asks the clan for Lorik's death.

花き農家の息子のレオと幼馴染のレミ。昼は花畑や田園を走り回り、夜は寄り添って寝そべる。24時間365日ともに時間を過ごしてきた2人は親友以上で兄弟のような関係だった。 13歳になる2人は同じ中学校に入学する。入学初日、ぴったりとくっついて座る2人をみたクラスメイトは「付き合ってるの？」と質問を投げかける。「親友だから当然だ」とむきになるレオ。その後もいじられるレオは、徐々にレミから距離を置くようになる。 ある朝、レミを避けるように一人で登校するレオ。毎日一緒に登下校をしていたにも関わらず、自分を置いて先に登校したことに傷つくレミ。二人はその場で大喧嘩に。その後、レミを気にかけるレオだったが、仲直りすることができず時間だけが過ぎていったある日、課外授業にレミの姿はなかった。心ここにあらずのレオは、授業の終わりに衝撃的な事実を告げられる。それは、レミとの突然の別れだった。 移ろいゆく季節のなか、自責の念にかられるレオは、誰にも打ち明けられない想いを抱えていた…。

The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birth of their first child, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, will change their lives.

Tony and Marie are passionate about Bangers, a trashy variant of the stock car. Following a tragedy, their couple falls appart. Tony hung up the races as Marie vent her anger onto the speedway in violent crashes. When problemes resurface, they have no choice but to resolve their dispute where their community has always solved them : on the speedway.

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.