Odette Piquet

At the turn of the century, an unusual woman refuses to become an object to be desired or played with. Instead she wants to succeed on the stage of politics in the Third Republic.

Um jovem chega a Paris vindo da Mauritânia, onde espera ter uma vida melhor. Sendo extremamente difícil achar um emprego ou um apartamento, embora seja um homem educado, e ao receber cantadas condescendentes de mulheres, ele logo enfrentará discriminação por todos os lados.

In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.

In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.

The action takes place under the Restoration, at the Château de Savigny, near Nerville, a devout and prudish little town in the Cotentin region. Doctor Torty is the doctor. He tells a story of which he is the only one to know the secret, that of a criminal couple, without any remorse. The pretty Hauteclaire Stassin, daughter of the master of arms, meets the Count of Savigny, married to the noble and languid Delphine. Madly in love with the count, Hauteclaire joined the castle as a servant. Shortly after, the countess died of poisoning. Will the guilty lovers go unpunished?

Quando a mãe de Zazie vai até Paris encontrar o amante, ela deixa a filha com o tio da menina, Gabriel. Porém, a sobrinha descuidada deixa o apartamento de Gabriel e decide visitar Paris de metrô. Com a greve dos funcionários, a menina fugitiva arranja problemas para o tio em meio ao caos da cidade.