After the death of his mother, Elisa (Claire Borotra) is responsible for custody of her sister Audrey (Penelope Leveque), a troubled teen and something he hardly knows. Following the last will of her mother, both go to Mont Saint Michel, where the two grew up, to spread his ashes. The second night of stay, and after a flood, Audrey disappears while the mayor's daughter, which suggests a voluntary escape, but Elisa does not think so, so it will not stop until its trace sister.
The year is 1898. Héloïse, 9 years old, comes from a family belonging to the anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic Parisian high bourgeoisie. In a spirit of revolt, she begins a love affair with Maxime, a young Jewish journalist. During a terrible quarrel with her father, the latter suffers a stroke and dies. To get her away from Maxime, her mother Mathilde and her cousin Olympe take Héloïse on a trip to the Orient. After Cairo and the Pyramids, they go up the Nile and cross the desert in a caravan.
점차 쇠락해가는 프랑스 영화 감독 ‘르네 비달’은 고전 명작 "뱀파이어"를 리메이크하려는 계획을 세우고 홍콩 여배우 ‘장만옥’을 뱀파이어 집단의 우두머리 ‘이마 베프’역으로 캐스팅한다. 그러나 파리에 도착한 그녀를 기다리는 건 창작의 활기가 사라진 썰렁한 현장과 불편한 의상, 그리고 지친 기색을 감추지 않는 감독뿐. 결국 막다른 골목에 놓인 "이마 베프"는 완성을 눈 앞에 두고 길을 잃게 되는데…
파리의 변두리에서 살고 있는 소년 질과 소녀 크리스틴. 그들의 가족은 무능하고 가족에게 전혀 살갑지가 않다. 그들은 목적없이 하루하루를 살고 있을 뿐이다. 어느 날, 질과 크리스틴은 수퍼마켓에서 음반을 훔치다가 붙잡힌다. 질은 풀려나지만 크리스틴은 부모님의 회피에 의해 위탁가정에 들어가게 된다. 크리스틴을 찾아온 질과 함께 도망친 두 사람은 청소년들이 모여사는 집에 들어간다. 그곳에서 더 남쪽으로 도망가기로 결심한다.
Most of the characters in this romantic drama are waiting for something. Jeanne is waiting for her husband Francois to return; he abandoned her and their son Christophe a couple of years ago. The boy is waiting for his father, too. Meanwhile, Jeanne's current lover Marcel is waiting for her to come to her senses about the cad who went a way, and recognize the worthiness of his love for her. Finally, the absent husband is also waiting for the right time to make his belated reappearance. All this takes place near the gas station Jeanne runs in a dessicated and remote region in southern France.
