Fiction is never very far from reality. A young man, of Portuguese heritage, decides to do a PhD based on the documentary The Good People of Portugal, a work from 1980, also directed by Rui Simões. This opens the door to a parallel between the reality of the film we see and that of PREC, the moment of the studied documentary and the contemporary world, with the young Michel in between.
Metteur en scène
In order to win over a tough dramatist at her next audition, a young actress turns to method acting to such an extreme that she slowly loses herself in the coveted role of a promiscuous bisexual self-destructive wild girl and starts sleeping around, provoking fights and cutting herself. Can she pull herself back from the edge of the abyss before it's too late?
Le médecin
Farid, a young 26-year-old Frenchman, must travel to Algeria to save his father's house. While discovering this country in which he had never before set foot, he succumbs to the charms of a host of astonishing characters whose humour and simplicity affect him deeply. Amongst these is his cousin, a bright and lively young man who has the dream of one day going to France...
Emil
After her son's tragic death, Helena abducts her employee, Lucian, and travels with him and her husband to scatter her son's ashes in Macedonia. Meanwhile, Lucian's lover struggles to provide for their son and break free from her dictatorial father.
Landernau
Lambert
Paris, 1900. The 16-year-old Gigi lives in a world of mere women, inspired by Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary, she doesn't want to surrender to the "bondage of a loveless marriage".
On August 5, 1944, in Brittany, civilians fell into the hands of the German army. Among them, Jean Palu, a man like the others, who looks back on his life. Between failure and illness, he paints a bitter picture of his life.
Luc
The engagement of a young couple is spoiled by the antics of their relatives.
Markus
Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.
Le directeur du supermarché
A billionaire Charles de Boisleve becomes a friend of a petty criminal Rachid after two of them meet in the supermarket.
프랑스의 남서부 도시 보르도에 흘러 들어온 쥴리엣은 미장원에서 머리 감기는 일을 하게 된다. 이곳에 들렀다가 쥴리엣에게 반한 베르제룽은 대학병원에서 명성을 떨치는 황혼에 접어든 노의사이다. 쥴리엣은 베르제롱이 제공한 안락한 집에서 풍요로운 삶을 누리며 만족한 생활을 하는데 어느날 기르던 강아지가 죽자 병원으로 달려간다. 베루제롱을 만나지 못한 쥴리엣은 대신 토트렐을 만난다. 토트렐은 베르제롱의 신임을 받는 장래가 촉망되는 인턴으로 쥴리엣과는 보르도로 오는 기차를 함께 타고 온 인연이 있는 사이다. 서로 끌린 이들은 강아지를 묻어주고 호텔 방으로 가 뜨거운 사랑을 나누는데 이 사실이 토트렐을 시기하는 동료에 의해 베르 제롱에게 알려진다. 두 사람은 베르 제롱을 피해 두 사람만의 보금자리를 꾸민다. 행복한 시간이 흐르고 이후 다시 헤어지게 된다. 토트렐은 약혼녀와 결혼을 하게 되고, 줄리엣은 불치의 병에 걸린다.
Rastignac
Raphaël de Valentin is a tormented, hopeless and penniless young aristocrat. An old antique dealer gives him a sorrowful skin that has the power to grant all the wishes of its owner. But he warns him: with each wish granted, the size of the skin will shrink.
L'employé du tabac '16e'
Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....
Le médecin de Rennes
1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
