Jean-Hugues Anglade

1956, in the north of France. A group of underground miners is forced to take a professor to take samples a thousand meters underground. After a landslide that prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time, and unknowingly awaken a legendary bloodthirsty creature.

1793, French Revolution. For three years now, Charette, a young man retired from the Royal Navy, has been back home. In the country, the anger of the peasants rumbles: they call on the young retiree to take command of the rebellion. In a few months, the idle sailor becomes a charismatic leader and a shrewd strategist, bringing in his wake peasants, deserters, women, old people and children, of which he makes a formidable army. The fight for freedom has only just begun.

After thirty years of marriage, Sandra finds out that her husband is having an affair with his best friend. She immediately leaves him and has no choice but to seek refuge in her childhood home, where her sister Danie still lives. The sisters couldn’t be more different. Danie, a stubborn single with a dog and the heart of a social justice warrior vs. Sandra, a bourgeois housewife with decades of a secure lifestyle on a posh vineyard behind her. Their cohabitation starts out rocky to say the least… But with the help of close buddies Roberto and Lucien, Danie coaxes Sandra into joining their local dance troupe, and reconnect with the greatest joy and talent of her youth. Through their shared passion for dance and the solidarity of the troupe’s other dancers, the sisters embark on a fresh life path. Because, really, it’s never too late... even to fall in love again.

프랑스 박스오피스 2주 연속 1위 & 6주 연속 TOP10 기록! 끝이 보이지 않는 긴 무명 생활 끝에 운 좋게 히어로 무비 <배드맨>의 주인공 역에 캐스팅된 조금은 모자라지만 착한 배우 ‘세드릭’. 신나게 코스튬까지 맞추고 촬영장으로 향하던 중, ‘세드릭’은 갑작스러운 교통사고를 당하고 만다. 사고로 모든 기억을 잃은 ‘세드릭’은 수트를 입은 자기 모습을 보고는 진짜 슈퍼 히어로로 착각하게 되는데… 교통사고로 모든 기억을 잃은 무명 배우! 의식을 되찾았더니 슈퍼 히어로가 되어 있다?

After three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector Adamsberg begins to suspect that the case is far more complex than first appears.

2년차 백수 베르트랑, 예민미 폭발 로랑, 파산 직전의 사장님 마퀴스, 히트곡 전무한 로커 시몽… 가정, 직장, 미래 등 각양각색의 걱정을 안고 수영장에 모인 벼랑 끝의 중년 남자들이 인생의 마지막 금메달을 꿈꾸며 마지막 도전을 시작한다. 오합지졸 수중발레 군단은 수영장의 어벤져스로 거듭날 수 있을까? 이젠 정말 죽기 아니면 까무러치기다!

In 1477 Charles the Bold dies, his only child is a girl which cannot rule without a husband. Meanwhile in Austria, Emperor Frederick III and his antagonist Louis XI France battle over said marriage prospects, battles ensue, tragedy falls.

2011년 11월, 혼돈의 이탈리아. 국회는 최악의 경제난에도 수부라 유흥 지구의 재개발법을 밀어붙이고, 여당의 정치인은 성매매 도중 어린 매춘부가 현장에서 마약쇼크로 죽는 사고가 발생한다. 하지만 사체 유기에 가담한 마피아는 오히려 정치인을 협박해 재개발 사업의 이권을 요구하고 나선다. 그리고 마침내 수부라 지역을 둘러싸고 정치권, 종교계, 마피아간의 거대한 음모가 하나 둘씩 드러나며 걷잡을 수 없는 범죄 전쟁이 시작되는데....

A social drama about a woman who is obligated to return to her parents’ home and agrees to work for her uncle in a doghouse.

One winter morning, Olivia decides to tail Philippe, the man she loves. She doubts his sincerity and faithfulness. Very soon her intuition is confirmed when Philippe meets a young woman, Aurélia. This produces a tragic twist of fate in the lives of the three characters, binding them around a shared secret...

THE NINTH CLOUD is a dark, existential comedy about a young woman trying to find answers to the meaning of existence ... who runs into a whole pack of strange characters in London, from bohemian struggling artistes, to monied British aristocrats, with all their varying agendas as she tries to help an impoverished immigrant child with a leg problem.

A documentary about the making of Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1986 film BETTY BLUE.

오랜 세월 동안 미궁에 빠진 연쇄살인범 사건을 수사하는 리차드 켐프는 우연한 사고로 시간을 뛰어넘어 과거로 가게 된다. 그가 도착한 곳은 20년 전 첫 연쇄살인이 발생했던 하루 전날. 리차드 켐프는 범인을 찾아내기 위해 필사적으로 노력하지만, 사랑하는 여인 헬렌조차 미래에서 온 그를 알아보지 못하는데…

The bonds of a 30-year friendship are tested when Walter's 20-year-old daughter, Clemence, falls in love with his friend Paul.

Vincent is an ordinary-looking cop in Descharnes province. Ten years ago, he buried a dirty business to save his skin. Stan Wilson, and share their passion for Deborah but also a dark secret. Ten years ago, they suffered a trauma that no child can recover. Wilson wants to forget. Stan wants to speak, without knowing that he then puts in motion a terrible plot ...

Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and sentenced to six months imprisonment. To win the respect of his fellow inmates, he claims he is "The Marquis," a brilliant robber whose identity has remained a mystery. Two weeks before his release, an armed robber named Quentin Tasseau helps him escape and takes him to Manila so he can take part in a robbery whose mastermind requires the talents of the Marquis.

A gruesome discovery is made outside a London cemetery one night. Meanwhile in Paris, Police Captain Adamsberg discovers a body chopped into pieces. Could there be a link?

Sarah's life is in pieces after the brutal death of her 18 year-old son. One night, her car accidentally hits Arthur, a young man the same age as her boy who is running from a burglar. Sarah sympathizes with him and takes him in, only to be tracked down by the burglar whose murderous rage towards Arthur forces her to take action.

A wave of carnage is sweeping through Southern France, with locals blaming the return of wolves. However some begin talking of a werewolf, and Police Captain Adamsberg must investigate.

For months a strange phrase has been found scrawled on Paris sidewalks next to chalk circles containing odd objects. Policeman Adamsberg gets involved when a dead woman is found in one of the circles.

다니엘은 신축 중인 건물에서 잡부로 일하며 먹고 잔다. 자유롭고 반항적인 성격 탓에 가끔씩 침입하는 정체 모를 정신병자 외에 그를 찾는 이도 별로 없다. 소니아와의 순탄치 못한 관계에 괴로워하면서도 서로의 묻혀진 진심을 찾아 파고 들어간다.

Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for different reasons, are afraid of others – the eponymous "thy neighbor." A humanity full of differences, but at the same time, with very similar feelings. So similar that their stories appear almost parallel and complementary.

피아니스트인 앤(이자벨 위페르)은 애인 토마스(자비에 보브와)의 외도 사실을 알곤 충격에 휩싸인다. 그와 함께 해온 시간은 무려 15년이니, 그녀의 충격은 거의 이혼과 맞먹을 정도라 해도 과언이 아닐 것이다. 결국 앤은 토마스와의 관계 뿐만 아니라, 그와 함께 해온 모든 시간과 삶을 버리기로 마음 먹는다. 집을 팔고, 피아노를 처분하고, 편지와 사진들을 불태우고, 콘서트를 중단함으로써 커리어까지도 미련없이 정리한다. 그리곤 가족들과 작별인사까지 나눔으로써 마침내 떠날 준비를 마친다.

Borderline, a film version of the novels Borderline and La Brèche, tells the story of Kiki at various stages of her life. With her mother institutionalized, she is raised by her grandmother, where left to her own devices, she takes refuge in school. Her life before 30 is a far cry from fairy-tale. Sex and alcohol are her only outlets and her daily reality. She goes through men one after another.

1994년 르완다 학살(Rwandan Genocide) 당시 유엔평화유지군(United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR)) 사령관으로 아프리카 르완다에 복무하였던 캐나다군 로미어 달레어르(Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire)장군이 2003년 출간한 '악마와 악수 (Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda)'을 근간으로 제작된 다큐멘터리

Gaspard de Besse and his gang of highwaymen escaped the law for years in old monsieur de Morières's jurisdiction in rural, Ancient Régime France. When Gaspard is badly injured trough treason, he escapes after being seen in St.Anne's convent, where he hid, by de Morières's young, unwillingly arranged and unloving wife Anne. Gaspard makes a deal with the traitor to fake his demise. He recruits traveling actor Antoine and trains him like a son.

Raphael has become a dazzlingly successful TV producer. He reads a manuscript that tells his life story that pulls no punches, written by a member of his old gang. He invites them all to celebrate his 40th birthday, and they will rediscover friendships.

범인을 잡기 위해서라면 무덤에도 들어가는 열혈 FBI 요원이 연쇄살인범 사건에 투입된다. 놈은 피해자들의 신분을 훔쳐 살아가는 지능범. 목격자의 등장으로 수사가 급물살을 타지만 사건 해결을 눈앞에 둔 순간, 충격적인 진실이 드러난다!

Odile is 42 years old actress and single mother. One day her 18 year old daughter decided to leave her and start living with the boyfriend. All of a sudden alone in her empty house, the anguish takes over...

As a little girl, Federica fantasized about having beautiful long hair that would grow back as soon as she cut it, about never-ending cones of cotton candy and about countless adventures that took her to the far side of the world. Now a charming thirty-something-single woman, Federica's fantasies have evolved, adding lovers, stardom, and motherhood to her waking dreams, where Federica continues to press for her everyday life to be as real as the fantasies that invade her. Unfortunately, Federica's daydreams can only provide a meager distraction from the reality she faces. Her career as a successful playwright is heading south, her boyfriend is pressuring her to start a family, a former lover wishes to rekindle an old affair, her sister is barely talking to her, her brother is self-centered and her loving father is terminally ill. And as if to make matters worse, Federica is rich, too rich, and the guilt that consumes her because of it is pushing her over the edge.

Four partners heist a fortune in gold ore from a North African airport & escape across the desert in a truck.

The lively goings-on of a modern family seen trough the eyes of a young girl just about to receive her first Communion.

Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a sexual pervert, tell him how she likes her husband beating her. When he wakes up, he finds Olga having been choked to death. He now has to deal with a body, with Olga's rich husband who thinks she stole money from him, and with all his patients' insanity that haunts him.

Johan has three children with different women. Two adult daughters: Sophie and Virginie, and a young son in Amsterdam. Loïc gave Johan diamonds of a criminal origin. Her husband Simon thought they were his and murdered her. Then he set out his hunt for the diamonds and for killing Johan. The police thought that Johan had murdered Loïc and called his daughters, who had not known about each other. Afterwards Sophie receives a note to take a certain train to Amsterdam. A young boy gives Virginie the oral message "The treasure is in the trout". She immediately understands that this trout must be in her mother's freezer, unknown to the mother. Both girls take the train. Simon contacts them as a helpful fellow-passenger. The girls soon detect his aim of murdering them. In Brussels they escape the train. Virginie steals a car but is not as good at driving as at stealing (she will prove this again).

A teacher uses new methods to captivate his audience. Some kids take it too far, some colleagues are worried traditional ways are going to be lost... but eventually, everything turns out OK.

Author Jean Dorset has suffered from a bad case of writer's block since his first novel became a bestseller. He lives in a small apartment in Paris with his wife Michelle and, in spite of their ostensible success, the couple are having trouble making ends meet. One day they receive the utterly unexpected news that they are the sole inheritors of a wealthy neighbor, M. Guillemet, whom they have never met. Guillemet has left them his old townhouse along with all of his belongings, but with two conditions -- the first is that the dead man's papers be left untouched, and the second is that his live-in maid Clemence Richbourg remain employed at the estate. The Dorsets soon learn why they were the recipients of such strange generosity. Guillemet had set up a camera with a massive zoom lens pointing to their bedroom window. The couple is shocked and disgusted, but not enough to give up their new tony digs.

A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away. On the way, the two kill a judge and a few others unknown to the cellist. Eventually he gets pinned for the crimes and is forced to defend himself.

A famous sprinter considers quitting competition, when he gets to meet Tonka, an Indian woman living in a big advertising coke can near Roissy Charles De Gaulle airport. She is naturally talented for running, and the sprinter decides to train her to become a sprinter like him. As they fall in love, Tonka cheers him up, and then tries to pursue him to take over competition.

A famous sprinter considers quitting competition, when he gets to meet Tonka, an Indian woman living in a big advertising coke can near Roissy Charles De Gaulle airport. She is naturally talented for running, and the sprinter decides to train her to become a sprinter like him. As they fall in love, Tonka cheers him up, and then tries to pursue him to take over competition.

A famous sprinter considers quitting competition, when he gets to meet Tonka, an Indian woman living in a big advertising coke can near Roissy Charles De Gaulle airport. She is naturally talented for running, and the sprinter decides to train her to become a sprinter like him. As they fall in love, Tonka cheers him up, and then tries to pursue him to take over competition.

가난했던 시절, 어머니는 출산 후 얼마 뒤 쌍동이인 알랭과 미카일 중 미카일을 러시아인에게 입양시킨다. 그 후 20여 년의 세월이 흘러 미카일이 프랑스에서 변사체로 발견된다. 걸프전 당시 프랑스군의 저격병이었던 알랭(Alain/Mikhail: 쟝-끌로드 반담 분)은 동생의 흔적을 찾아 미국으로 건너간다. 미카일의 연인이었던 알렉스 보헤미안(Alex: 나타샤 헨스트릿지 분)은 미카일이 피살된 걸 모른 채 알랭을 미카일로 착각한다. 미카일이 소속됐던 러시아 마피아의 갱들도 알랭을 미카일로 알고 두려움에 떨고, FBI가 알렝을 뒤쫓는다. 러시아의 마피아 세계에 환멸을 느꼈던 미카일이 마피아 조직을 와해시킬 결정적인 증거 자료로 마피아의 계보와 FBI와 러시아 마피아의 결탁 정보를 니스의 은행 금고에 숨겨뒀기 때문이다. 도망자의 입장에 몰린 알랭과 알렉스는 러시아 마피아의 보스인 키로프(Kirov: 데이비드 헴브렌 분)를 찾아간다. 그러나 미카일과 조직 내의 라이벌이었던 이반(Ivan Dzasokhov: 자흐 그레니어 분)이 알랭의 접근을 집요하게 막아낸다. 조직의 실세를 노리는 이반은 미카일을 아들처럼 아꼈던 키토프를 죽여버린다. 알랭은 간신히 목숨을 구하지만 알렉스가 FBI의 포로로 잡힌다. 알랭은 니스의 은행에 찾아가서 미카일의 비밀 사물함을 개봉한다. 알랭은 녹음된 테잎을 통해 동생의 진실과 미카일이 얼마나 가족을 그리며 프랑스로 돌아가고 싶어했던가를 알게 된다. 알랭이 미대사관에 넘겨달라고 은행측에 부탁한 자료가 이반의 부하에 의해 탈취 당하고, 알랭과 이반의 조직간에 필사적인 총격전이 벌어진다.

Elie Wiesel returns home for the first time since the liberation in this documentary by Judit Elik.

After an architect (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is invited to the home of his associate, the harmony of the place comes undone with the visitor's attraction to someone.

Zac is a well-respected French filmmaker who creates a major uproar when for no apparent reason he suddenly vanishes from his posh Parisian apartment leaving behind his lover Helene, a popular star. Marcus, his producer searches for eight months before locating Zac who has since become a homeless street bum in an expensive neighborhood. Marcus sends Zac to a posh hotel. He then sends Daisy, an ambitious secretary and aspiring screenwriter to learn what happened to the great director. It takes a lot of mutual verbal sparring and false turns (which are presented as creatively filmed vignettes that are done using a variety of techniques) from Zac before he finally tells her the truth. The two then decide to turn the story into a film. As they write, Daisy and Zac slowly fall in love. At the same time, Marcus has his hands full trying to avoid some tough Russian Mafiosos who want the money they invested back.

Nelly leaves her lazy, unemployed husband to work for retired judge Mr Arnaud, forty years her senior, after he offers to clear her bills for her. While she types his memoirs the two develop a close friendship, but Arnaud becomes jealous when Nelly begins dating his good-looking young publisher.

Handsome pediatric doctor feels unfulfilled, until his affection for a 12-year-old opens him to a romantic view of the world. When she falls ill, he must get closer to her, and a conflict of interests and ethics arise. His medical reputation is at stake.

한때 작가이자, 제작자이자 감독이기도 했던 백 살이 다 되어가는 '시네마'씨는 영화의 박물관과도 같은 거대한 성에서 집사의 보살핌을 받으며 살고 있다. 그에게는 이탈리아 친구 마르셀로와 그에게 영화 이야기를 들려줄 수 있는 아름다운 여인이 함께한다. 그녀는 가끔 그를 찾아오는 여러 영화배우들을 보고 큰 만족을 얻는다. ‘시네마’씨에게 이제 나이는 중요하지 않다. 그는 인생의 황금기를 누리고 있기 때문이다. 프랑스와 할리우드의 전설의 배우들을 만날 수 있는 것은 영화의 백미.

한 손엔 우유 2팩이 든 가방, 다른 한 손엔 화분을 들고 뿌리 없이 떠도는 킬러 레옹은 어느 날 옆 집 소녀 마틸다의 일가족이 몰살 당하는 것을 목격한다. 그 사이 심부름을 갔다 돌아 온 마틸다는 가족들이 처참히 몰살 당하자 레옹에게 도움을 청한다. 가족의 원수를 갚기 위해 킬러가 되기로 결심한 12세 소녀 마틸다는 레옹에게 글을 알려주는 대신 복수하는 법을 배우고, 그 사이 레옹에 대한 사랑을 키워나간다. 드디어 그녀는 가족을 죽인 사람이 부패한 마약 경찰 스탠스임을 알게 되고, 홀로 그의 사무실로 향하게 되는데...

1572년, 10년째 계속된 신교와 구교의 전쟁으로 피폐해진 프랑스. 평화를 위해 구교도인 ‘샤를 9세’의 동생 ‘마고’는 신교도인 나바르 왕 ‘앙리’와 결혼하게 된다. 평화와 화해의 상징이 되어야 했던 ‘마고’의 결혼식은 ‘샤를 9세’의 잘못된 판단으로 인해 프랑스 역사상 가장 잔인한 대학살로 이어진다. 대학살이 일어났던 그 날, ‘마고’는 길에서 우연히 마주쳤던 ‘라 몰’을 구해주고, 그와 운명적인 사랑에 빠진다. 구교도 세력과 왕실에 환멸은 느낀 ‘마고’는 남편 ‘앙리’를 도와 신교도 편에 서고, ‘마고’의 도움으로 프랑스를 탈출했던 ‘라 몰’은 ‘마고’와 ‘앙리’를 탈출시키기 위해 병력을 이끌고 다시 프랑스로 돌아오는데…

A story of a family with numerous members drowned in their sentimental problems.

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

A Jewish boy living in Amsterdam at the onset of WWII is taken to a concentration camp with his parents. Based on the memoir of Holocaust survivor Jona Oberski.

Four lighthearted stories set in the idyllic Italian countryside: an old grouch finds himself followed by a stray dog; a lonely widow spies on her newly-wed son and daughter-in-law; a German tourist tries to seduce a younger nurse; a man wanders in the summer. The fourth segment was cut by Miramax for the US distribution.

Six-years-old and terminally ill, Felix dreams of meeting an extra-terrestrial. Hearing this his Dad decides to make his dream come true by finding a 'saucer' and playing the part by dressing up as an alien.

Unable to sleep in the sweltering heat, a young couple bares their bodies --- and their souls --- to each other over one life-changing night. They didn't know each other when the night began. It got hot, they stayed in. Now they know each other better than most.

뒷골목의 불량 소녀 니키타는 정체가 분명치 않은 비밀 정보기관에서 전문 킬러로 양성된다. 엄청난 트레이닝으로 인간 병기가 되어 버린 니키타는 이제 조세핀이라는 이름으로 바뀌어 도시에 던져진다. 임무가 주어지면 때로는 조직과 함께, 때로는 홀홀단신으로 양손에 대형 매그넘 권총을 들고 뛰어 들어가 용서 없는 숙청을 감행한다. 그러나 니키타에게 연인이 생기면서 자신의 처지에 방황하며 죄의식을 느낀다. 하지만 조직은 그녀의 변화에 대비해 또 하나의 임무를 하달한다. 그것은 바로 적성국 대사관에 침입하여 비밀서류를 사진으로 찍어 오는 일.. 니키타는 그 최후의 임무를 수행하기 위해 양손에 무기를 드는데…

The enigmatic but vivid imagery of this loosely plotted film is based on a similarly evocative novel by the Italian author Antonio Tabucchi, Noturno Indiano. An old friend of the hero's has been living in Bombay with a prostitute. His friend Peter Schlemihl (Otto Tausig) is a concentration camp survivor, who went to India after being captivated by a photograph he saw there. When the prostitute writes to him in Europe asking that he rescue his friend from a mysterious malaise, he flies into India to try and help. When he gets to Bombay, he discovers that his friend has disappeared. Following the clues left behind by the friend, and based on his acquaintance with him, he journeys to Madras to speak to a Theosophist dignitary there, and then journeys on to Portugues Goa. With each step of his journey, the hero (Jean-Hugues Anglade) becomes more identified with his friend, and re-enacts in his own person the transformations he must have experienced.

프랑스의 남서부 도시 보르도에 흘러 들어온 쥴리엣은 미장원에서 머리 감기는 일을 하게 된다. 이곳에 들렀다가 쥴리엣에게 반한 베르제룽은 대학병원에서 명성을 떨치는 황혼에 접어든 노의사이다. 쥴리엣은 베르제롱이 제공한 안락한 집에서 풍요로운 삶을 누리며 만족한 생활을 하는데 어느날 기르던 강아지가 죽자 병원으로 달려간다. 베루제롱을 만나지 못한 쥴리엣은 대신 토트렐을 만난다. 토트렐은 베르제롱의 신임을 받는 장래가 촉망되는 인턴으로 쥴리엣과는 보르도로 오는 기차를 함께 타고 온 인연이 있는 사이다. 서로 끌린 이들은 강아지를 묻어주고 호텔 방으로 가 뜨거운 사랑을 나누는데 이 사실이 토트렐을 시기하는 동료에 의해 베르 제롱에게 알려진다. 두 사람은 베르 제롱을 피해 두 사람만의 보금자리를 꾸민다. 행복한 시간이 흐르고 이후 다시 헤어지게 된다. 토트렐은 약혼녀와 결혼을 하게 되고, 줄리엣은 불치의 병에 걸린다.

별볼일 없는 서른 살의 작가 지망생 ‘조그’는 대담하고 관능적인 여인 ‘베티’를 만나고 그녀에게 걷잡을 수 없이 빠져든다. 해변에 위치한 방갈로에서 함께 살게 된 둘은 달콤한 시간을 보내며 행복감에 젖는다. 하지만 곧 삶의 무료함을 느낀 ‘베티’는 ‘조그’의 글에서 눈부신 재능을 발견하고, 그를 작가로 성공시키는데 자신의 인생을 바치기로 결심한다. 그렇게 그녀의 광기가 점차 폭발해가는데… 순수하면서도 치명적인 탐닉의 아이콘 ‘베티’를 만난 후, 모든 것이 바뀌었다.

An American general with highly confidential defence information has been kidnapped by terrorists and is being held in a cliff-top fortress in the Mediterranean.

엘레나는 부자 남편을 만나 화려하지만 권태롭게 살아가고 있는 젊은 부인이다. 어느 날, 그녀는 자신의 짐을 들어준 계기로 이방인 같은 남자 프레드를 알게 된다. 사회의 모든 속박과 가식을 거부하는 자유로운 영혼 프레드는 엘레나의 생일 파티에 초대된다. 하지만 프레드는 마치 자신의 자유로움을 증명이라도 하듯 엘레나의 집에 있던 금고를 폭파시켜 버린다. 설상가상으로 그런 그의 모습에 반해버린 헬레나! 이제 파리의 미로 같은 지하철에서 경찰과 프레드, 그리고 엘레나와 그녀의 남편이 추격전을 벌인다. 과연 비상을 꿈꾸던 프레드의 탈출 시도는 성공하게 될까?...

World Chess Champion Akiva Liebskind (Michel Piccoli) faces his former pupil Pavius Fromm (Alexandre Arbatt), who defected to the West from the Soviet Union five years earlier, for the World Chess Championship in Geneva, Switzerland. The tension and strategies between the players draw parallels to the political conflicts and ideologies between East and West during the Cold War.

Henri is a lonely, isolated young man who lets no one get close to him. He meets a street hustler and comes out of his shell, going 180 degrees into gay obsession. Though he has yet to physically approach the object of his affection, Henri builds up so much unrequited lust that it explodes with horrible results.

An innocent man stumbles across a political intrigue, when he discovers that his neighbours apartment is bugged. They are then found dead and their killers description resembles the man.