Christian Loustau

An elderly woman, whose best friend has died, meets her friend's favorite nephew to give him his inheritance. The nephew is rather different than expected.

During the Occupation, a kid is taken in by his old grandfather, wrongly considered a collaborator.

At the time of Nero, the Empire is at the height of its power, but Rome, where a million inhabitants live, is afraid of its enemies, of foreigners, of barbarians. Rome is afraid of the Tyrant and of its own power. And all these fears seem to crystallize in that of fire, more than anything else feared in this megalopolis that so often catches fire. In 64 A.D. the most terrible fire that the city has ever known broke out. It is said that it was set on the orders of Nero, in order to overwhelm the Christians who were accused of it. The watchmen, Celer and Theseus, intervene at the risk of their lives. This fictional documentary tells the story of the adventures of these two "firemen" in Rome during the Empire. An astonishing journey through time, the story of the life of men: customs, family, lifestyle, politics, education, leisure.

Блестящий гвардейский офицер и знаменитый поэт Сирано де Бержерак влюблен в свою кузину Роксанну, о чем она даже не подозревает. Насколько Сирано храбр на поле битвы и в многочисленных дуэлях, настолько же робок в любви. Из-за своего непомерно длинного носа он совершенно уверен, что Роксанна отвергнет его ухаживания. Поэтому от имени своего товарища Кристиана Сирано пишет ей пылкие любовные послания и прекрасные стихи. Благодаря им Кристиан завоевывает сердце Роксанны, но погибает на войне, так и не успев признаться ей, что стихи и письма написаны Сирано. А тот хранит эту тайну до своей собственной смерти…