Edith, a 45-year-old textile factory worker, sees her life turned upside down by the company’s downsizing measures. Estranged from her son and without any other ties, rather than go into unemployment, she decides to leave her life behind and follow her work at the factory which has been relocated in Morocco.
François
알제리 출신의 마크, 크리스토프, 올리비에 삼형제의 이야기가 시간순으로 3개의 파트로 나누어져 있다. 첫 번째 파트는 삼형제의 둘째 마크의 이야기로 마크는 껄렁하게 안좋은 부류와 어울리며 마약을 사느라 빚진 돈을 갚지 못해 딜러들한테 쫓기며 불안정하게 살아간다. 두 번째 파트는 장남 크리스토프의 이야기로 감옥에서 출소해 사회에 적응하려는 이야기가 담겨 있다. 마지막 파트는 막내 올리비에의 이야기로 자신의 둘째 형 마크의 친구 이샴과의 열병같은 사랑을 보여주며, 형들의 다이나믹한 배경의 영향과 이샴과의 사랑으로 성장해가는 아련한 청소년기의 모습을 보여준다.
Samy, a young Franco-Algerian, hits a policeman at a roadblock and must flee France. He takes refuge with his grandfather in Algeria. But he does not speak the local language, and everything is strange to him, even members of his family: Nadia his cousin, a pregnant widow; and Qu'Issam another cousin, who was expelled from France, and hates everything French. Samy's grandfather lives in the memory of a piece of land that no longer produces any wealth. Samy will never give the reason for his presence, but the chaotic climate of the country will revive the chaos that is in him.
Le père
A sunny winter morning... Two brothers on a countryside path, go intown, as usual... That day, the younger brother has a meeting with his criminal friends. Stéphane, his older brother, isn’t aware of it. Fate will reunite them one last time... but too late. Stéphane, bearer of a terrible secret, is in for a life of suffering...
