Marie-Laure's Mother
Philippe is an older man and an industrialist whose wife is confined to her bed. They have no children. As he is preparing to go on a vacation to the seaside, he strikes up an acquaintance with Paul, a young working-class boy, and decides to bring him along. This is Paul's first glimpse of how the other half lives, with their first-class hotels and so on. When he meets some aristocratic young people at the resort, he tries to put over the fiction that he is of their class, with poor success.
Sigrid and Yann are cousins, and in love with each other. A medical student, Jean marries Léna, who gives him a child, but he dies accidentally. Desperate, Yann finds Sigrid in their childhood home in Savoy. Afraid of seeing their passion revive, he decides to leave with Léna for Africa.
The exploits of Chief Police Inspector Chabrier, first before the invasion of France in May 1940 as he fights against spies preparing the coming the Germans, particularly Emmy de Welder, the alleged manager of the Rouen hospital. Later, Chabrier and his men go underground and resist the occupiers whatever the price to pay. When the Liberation comes Chabrier resumes his activities at the French National Police.
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이름난 패션 디자이너 필립은 창조적 영감을 위해서라며 만나는 모든 여성들을 희롱하고, 그녀들의 마음을 훔치고는 냉정하게 돌아선다. 어느 날, 가장 친한 친구 다니엘의 약혼녀 미셸린을 만난 필립은 역시나 그녀를 희롱하고, 미셸린 역시 필립을 좋아하게 된다. 그런데 생에 처음으로 필립이 미셸린을 진심으로 사랑하게 된다. 하지만 미셸린은 이미 마음을 돌린 뒤였다. 냉혹하고 치열한 패션 세계에 대한 치밀하고 사실적인 묘사가 깊은 인상을 남긴다.
