Maher Kamoun

Paule is pushing 50, as she repeatedly observes in her voice-over commentary. When she – a philosophy lecturer with a 10-year marriage and a 15-year-old daughter – learns that her husband is having an affair with a 28-year-old, this number takes on a special weight. The Internet site “L’âme-sœur” is supposed to help Paule get through her burgeoning midlife crisis...

Armelle, a French nurse who just recovered from the stab in the face she got from Nadim, his partner, starts a search to get back her daughter, who was taken away by Nadim. Alone before the law, she will do all she can to reach her objective. She puts up posters, founds an association, gets funds to pay for the search, and informs the media about it. An amazing human team gets down to work from France to Montreal, including Paris and Vancouver, until Armelle can hug her daughter again in an airport in the east of Canada, almost three years after she had lost her.

On September 11, 2001, an enemy whose evil knows no bounds unleashed its depraved brand of terror upon an unsuspecting world. 'Imminent Attack' is the story of a desperate race against time to avert yet another such tragedy. The key to success rests upon the reluctant shoulders of Léon, a young man currently imprisoned for armed bank robbery. His mission: Go under cover and infiltrate the terrorist network, discover the detail of their plot and expose the cold-blooded mastermind behind it. If Léon prevails, his wins his freedom. If he fails, thousands of innocent people will lose their lives.

중년의 나이를 지난 릴리아는 남편과 사별 후 딸과 살고 있는 평범한 튀니지 여성이다. 자신의 딸이 캬바레에서 반주를 하는 남자 초크리와 관계를 맺고 있다고 생각한 릴리아는 초크리로부터 딸을 보호하기 위해 그가 일하는 캬바레에 찾아 갔다가 그 곳에서 일하고 있는 밸리 댄서의 옷을 만들어 주게 되고 그 일을 계기로 캬바레를 찾는 날은 점점 많아지기 시작한다. 하지만 그녀가 처음으로 경험한 캬바레는 무료하고 외로웠던 그녀의 삶을 완전히 바꿔 놓고 억눌려 있던 그녀의 성적 욕망마저 되돌려 놓게 된다.

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where she is being treated, Claire is attracted to Philippe, a man who is still traumatized after a car accident in which his wife and child were both killed. In spite of their personal tragedies, Claire and Philippe fall in love. When Philippe recovers, Claire moves into his home. Then Claire's condition takes a turn for the worse.

7명의 젊은이는 그 끓어오르는 열정을 빌딩을 타는 것으로 분출하고 있었고, 어린 소년들은 경찰들을 비웃기라도 하듯 사라지는 그 모임 ‘야마카시’를 영웅시하고 있다. 그러던 중 자신들을 영웅으로 생각하는 한 소년이 그 모습을 따라하다가 부상을 입는데, 전부터 소년은 수술을 받아야 할만큼 심한 심장질환을 앓고 있었다. 급기야 미루던 수술을 그 사고로 인해 받아야 하는 상황이 오고, 의사는 40만프랑이라는 거금을 요구한다. 야마카시는 자신들의 책임을 통감하고 수술비를 마련하러 나서는데... (윤병일, stories2@hitel.net 글) 줄거리 2. 파리의 뒷골목.. 다양한 직업을 갖고 있는 7명의 청소년들로 이루어진 서클 ‘야마카시’는 아무런 안전기구와 일체의 장비 없이 맨 손으로 도시의 고층빌딩과 출입이 금지된 건물 등을 타오르며 점핑, 건물 타기 등의 X-Sports를 즐기는 순수 스포츠 서클이지만 도시에 혼란을 준다는 이유로 경찰의 끝없는 추적을 받고 있다. 그렇지만 보이지 않게 사회로부터 차별 받아온 뒷골목의 아이들사이에서는 ‘야마카시’ 서클 열풍이 불게되고 그들을 영웅으로 숭배하기 시작한다. 그러던 어느 날 평소 ‘야마카시’를 존경하던 꼬마아이가 그들을 흉내내다가 나무에서 떨어지는 사고가 발생하고 응급실에 실려가지만 부패로 찌든 병원과 장기 중개업자들은 이식비용 문제로 장기증정을 거부하게 되는데.. 이를 알게 된 ‘야마카시’는 최초이자 마지막 범행을 준비한다. 바로, 일곱 명의 장기중개업자들의 집을 동시에 털기로 계획한 것.. 비록 삼엄한 경비와 최첨단 방어시설을 구축해 놓은 곳이지만 제각각 특기를 지닌 인원으로 구성된 ‘야마카시’는 평소 다듬어 놓은 실력으로 작업에 들어가는데.

A week on St-Martin with vacationing Parisians. Camille surprises her lover Philippe, who's with his wife and children. Lonely Laurette, a secretary, hopes to meet a man. Aziz brings his enthusiastic brother Rafik because his boss had two tickets he couldn't use. Lovers Pauline and the pregnant, cranky Anita find their vacation complicated by an ex-lover of Pauline's. The playboy Jimmy is the hotel M.C., and Carla, free-spirited and sensual, coaches Laurette in the ways of seduction. She is hot and cold to these wiles, alternately attracting and putting off Aziz, hoping Jimmy will try to seduce her, and afraid he might. By week's end, with the help of Camille's diary, we'll know the outcomes.

Apprentice hairdresser Solange is a whiz at teasing locks and cutting hair but knows little about the act of sexual congress -- but she wants to know more. She hails from a small working class town close to Toulouse where she lives with her comely mother, who grudgingly works as a babysitter, and her father, who loves herding ostriches. Her best friend in beauty school is an African immigrant lass named Gary who dreads being returned to her native country for an arranged marriage. Gary offers Solange advice in her quest. Though there is a guy Solange fancies at her vocational school, she wants to know the lay of the land, so to speak, before she gets intimate with him.

Fleeing fame, the writer Anatole Hirsch decides to publish his new book under the name of his cousin, Martin Bassane. This book wins the Prix Goncourt. A film inspired by the story of Romain Gary.