Vanessa Springora tells how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In 1986, she was 13; him, almost 50. She explains how she was the victim of a triple predation: sexual, literary and psychic. But beyond her individual story, she also questions the excesses of an era, and the complacency of an environment blinded by talent and celebrity.
Silvia’s father grants her permission to meet Dorante, the man she’s promised to in marriage, by pretending to be her servant Lisette, who in turn will play the role of her mistress.
Oran, Argélia, 1940. Oriundos de três comunidades religiosas diferentes, Benjamin, Kateb e Antoine estão unidos por uma grande amizade e uma paixão em comum: o futebol.
Nafas (Niloufar Pazira) é uma jovem afegã que fugiu de seu país em meio à guerra civil dos Talibãs e hoje trabalha como jornalista no Canadá. Até que sua irmã mais nova, que ficou no Afeganistão, lhe envia uma carta avisando que irá se suicidar antes da chegada do próximo eclipse solar. Nafas resolve então retornar ao Afeganistão a fim de tentar salvar sua irmã.
Oulage has it all planned: New Year's eve, at the stroke of midnight, he'll finally kiss Brigitte, the girl he's madly in love with. That'll be the moment, because Brigitte is having a costume party. Oulage has it all planned—except for the fact that Brigitte has also invited a gang of truly parasitical friends: an old girl friend who never leaves Brigitte's side, a manic-depressive police officer, a paranoid psychopath, a cannabis-addict suffering withdrawal pains, a stunning Cuban woman on the prowl for immigration papers, and many others who do everything to ruin Oulage's life.
