Le capitaine des pompiers
Les aventures tragi-comiques de quelques individus ou comment reagir quand votre maison se retrouve ensevelie sous les eaux, envahie par de droles de personnages et qu'on va accoucher dans les heures qui viennent?
Set within a housing project located on the outskirts of Alsace, this French docudrama features a largely non-professional cast and centers on the interrelationship between a pair of elderly French nationals, Arab immigrants and a newly arrived family from Africa as they struggle to find niches in their rapidly changing world.
Milou Dujardin
The difficult reunion between a tough young mother and her neglected daughter provide impetus this gritty, but upbeat French drama. Daisy, a typical young woman of the X-generation, seems to have no ambition in her life; she lives for the moment and the moment is often self-destructive. Abused as a child, she affects toughness and bravado to disguise her inner fears. Mona, Daisy's seven-year old daughter, is the result of the sexual abuse Daisy suffered while she was a child. Mona was raised by her father, but after he went to prison and his girlfriend rejected her, Mona must return to her mother. The reunion is not joyful and the two must lower plenty of mutual barriers if they are to bond. When Mona's lover Sami is arrested for a shooting, Daisy and Mona go on the lam. To survive they become con-artists and petty thieves. Just as things start to improve, finds out that her new boss has been having her deliver kiddie-porn.
Markovitch
Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his job, the young lovers journey across France finding odd jobs at several circuses. In Germany, they fall under the tutelage of ageing big cat trainer, Klint, and while they are closer to realising their dreams, they find that their success drivers them part.
L'Orgueilleux de la Lande
홀어머니를 모시는 젊은 페르스발은 기사들의 장엄한 모습에 강렬한 인상을 받고 기사가 되기로 결심한다. 어머니를 떠난 페르스발은 아더 왕을 찾아가고, 기사가 되기 위한 수업을 받게 된다. 한편 페르스발의 호기심은 그를 또 다른 모험으로 이끈다.
The Mute
거지 소년 톰 켄티는 소매치기를 하다가 쫓겨 궁전으로 숨어든다. 그때 톰은 우연히 헨리 8세를 만난다. 헨리 8세 왕은 톰에게 호위병과 10미터 간격을 두고 도망가게 한다. 톰은 도망치다가 굴뚝으로 들어간 곳이 왕자인 에드워드의 방이다. 여기서 둘은 서로 옷을 바꿔입고 왕자는 거지로 오인을 받아 밖으로 쫓겨나가 거지 생활이 시작된다. 한편 톰은 자신이 왕자가 아님을 수 없이 밝히나 정신이상이라고 믿는 궁중에서 갖가지 헤프닝을 벌어진다.
