South Africa: Julie, a young photographer passing through Johannesburg, seeks for her father who disappeared a few years ago near Pretoria. Julie meets Maseko, a young thug who irresistibly attracts her.
Staubli is happy. He has just concluded a considerable deal with El Farik, one of his biggest successes as an arms dealer. To sign his final contract, Staubli takes the plane with Loussif, Serge Tournier and his wife Laura. During a stopover, a mechanical incident immobilizes the group for a few days in the Moroccan desert. Then Tom arrives, a pilot who trades with his old plane, the Sphinx. A small business that works well. But among these particular customers, Laura strangely reminds him of the one who left him and because of whom he left everything before...
Staubli is happy. He has just concluded a considerable deal with El Farik, one of his biggest successes as an arms dealer. To sign his final contract, Staubli takes the plane with Loussif, Serge Tournier and his wife Laura. During a stopover, a mechanical incident immobilizes the group for a few days in the Moroccan desert. Then Tom arrives, a pilot who trades with his old plane, the Sphinx. A small business that works well. But among these particular customers, Laura strangely reminds him of the one who left him and because of whom he left everything before...
Pomme is a meek and mild French beautician whose life takes a fateful turn during a vacation to Normandy. She becomes the lover of middle-class literature-student François. The relationship sours when François takes her home to meet his parents, thanks in no small part to their differing social backgrounds.
별 볼일 없는 프리랜서 사진작가 세르베(파비오 테스티 분)은 영화계의 스타를 꿈꾸지만 싸구려 에로영화에 출연하며 돈을 버는 불운한 여배우 나딘 슈발리에(로미 슈나이더 분)을 보고는 사랑에 빠져든다. 그녀의 애정을 얻고 싶었던 세르베는 나딘에게 여주인공의 역을 주기 위해 연극 "리처드 3세"를 제작하기로 하고 암흑가의 고리대금업자에게 돈을 빌린다. 처음에는 그에게 차가운 반응을 보이던 나딘은 세르베의 적극적인 노력에 점차 마음을 열어가고, 결국 나딘은 남편인 작크(작크 뒤트롱 분)과 세르베 사이에서 갈등하고 있는 자신의 모습을 발견하게 된다.
