Elodie
Friends of a recently painter Jean-Baptiste Emmerich gather at a Paris railroad station for a four-hour journey to Limoges, where Emmerich wanted to be buried. The dozen travelers include art historian François and his lover Louis, who develops an interest in Bruno, whom he meets on a train. Traveling parallel with the train is a station wagon with Jean-Baptiste's body, and this vehicle is driven by Thierry, husband of Catherine, who's on the train with their daughter. François plays a taped interview with Jean-Baptiste, revealing his sexual appeal to both men and women. Lucie is convinced that she was his main love. Also on board is his nephew, Jean-Marie and Jean-Marie's estranged wife Claire. After the funeral in "Europe's largest cemetery," the story continues in the mansion of Jean-Baptiste's brother Lucien.
Morgane
Tunisian-Jewish businessman Alain Berrebi (Michel Boujenah) courts Ashkenazi princess Arlette Stern (Elsa Zylberstein). Her father David (Maurice Chevit) learns of the death of a rural Auvergne peasant who once hid David and his cousin Nathan (Felix Fibich) from the Nazis. Nathan is now a NYC diamond dealer on West 47th Street. David, Nathan, Arlette, and Berrebi head for the funeral in Auvergne. There they encounter the deceased peasant's son, Jean Bourdalou (Gerard Depardieu), who operates the family's restaurants in Paris. Arlette does a romantic take on Bourdalou, which sends the distraught Berrebi off to cry on the shoulder of his mother Gaby (Gina Lollobrigida). Back in Paris, Bourdalou and Berrebi make plans to open a trendy fashion restaurant in Manhattan.
Delphine
엄마가 세상을 떠났다. 뽀네뜨(Ponette: 빅뜨와르 띠비솔 분)는 단지 왼쪽 팔만 조금 다쳤을 뿐인데, 차를 몰던 엄마는 너무 크게 다쳐 도저히 살 수가 없었다. 네 살짜리 뽀네뜨로서는 죽음을, 그리고 엄마를 영영 볼 수 없다는 사실을 이해할 수도, 받아들일 수도 없다. 회사일로 출장가는 아빠(Father: 자비에르 비우보이스 분)는 뽀네뜨를 고모에게 맡기지만, 엄마잃은 슬픔에 빠진 뽀네뜨는 사촌들과 어울리려 하지 않고 혼자 방안에 쳐박혀 인형과 대화만 나눈다. 꿈속에서 엄마와 만나던 뽀네뜨에게 어느날부터인가 엄마가 나타나지 않는다. 낙담하고 있는 뽀네뜨에게 고모는 위로의 말을 건넨다. 엄마도 분명 예수님처럼 살아서 돌아올 거라고 그때부터 뽀네뜨는 밖에 나가 엄마 오기만을 기다린다. 아빠나 고모가 아무리 달래고 알아듣도록 타일러도, 뽀네뜨는 고집을 부리며 자신의 신념을 굽히지 않는데...
