Xhu Ling
Claude and Marie Verneuil will soon be celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. For the occasion, their four daughters - Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène and Laure - decide to organize a big surprise party in their family home in Chinon. They also decide to invite, each, the parents of their respective husbands - Rachid Benassem, David Benichou, Chao Ling and Charles Koffi.
Tante Fa
François, a young thirty-year-old Asian, has not been back in his family for 10 years after a violent dispute with his father Meng. Since then, he has always tried to avoid questions about his origins, until he lies to believe that he has been adopted. But when he learns that he is going to be a father, he realizes that he will have to reconnect with his past and his origins. Pushed by his companion Sophie, he decides to reconnect with his family and returns to his XIIIth native district to announce the good news, accompanied by his best friend Bruno. François is welcomed with open arms by his family, with the exception of his father and his younger brother. The return to his community is not going to be so simple .
Femme qui chante
An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his family.
Li Qin
Li Qin leaves her temperamental husband and unknowingly provides a trail for a detective who has been, for months, secretly devoted to her. In the wake of their one-way chase, a Chinese businessman wanders around town; two magicians attempt to overcome a crisis, and a waitress is desperate for stability. Some will find what they are looking for, some will find each other, and some simply will not.
Mme Wang
60대 전직 수영 챔피언인 아담은 차드의 한 호텔의 수영장 관리자로 일하고 있다. 호텔이 새로운 중국 사업자에게 넘어가면서, 그는 직업을 그의 아들은 압델에게 억지로 넘기게 되었고, 아담은 이를 수치스러워하며 분노를 느낀다. 한편, 차드에서는 내전이 계속되고 있다. 반군은 정부를 공격하고, 행정부에서는 사람들에게 돈이나 싸울 수 있는 사람으로 ‘전쟁 분담’을 요구한다. 아담은 계속해서 기부할 것을 종용받지만, 그는 무일푼이다. 약해진 이 순간, 아담은 영원히 후회할 결정을 내리고 마는데... 아프리카의 죽은 심장이라고 불리는 차드 공화국의 절박한 현실을 담은 영화. 한때 수영챔피언이었던 호텔 수영장 직원 아담은 아들에게 자신의 자리를 뺏기게 되고, 내전중인 국가는 전쟁부담금을 내거나 아들을 군대에 보내라고 내몬다. (2011년 제12회 전주국제영화제)
