Jackie Berroyer

A disgraced political journalist placed in the soccer section, Miss Pove is asked to follow the presidential campaign in progress. The front-runner is a fifty-year-old heir to a powerful French family and a political novice. Troubled by this candidate, whom she has known to be less smooth in the past, Miss Pove embarks on an investigation that is as surprising as it is jubilant.

Unable to meet all the demands of his job and family anymore, Mathieu feels he's in a mid-life crisis and hurriedly leaves for the forest. His relatives are left by themselves, faced with his sudden departure and their choices.

In 2011, the arrival of Uber in France has created a lot of jobs, especially for young people from council estate. But then, a lot of became disillusioned. Price drop, uberization of work, a lot of work hours not even sufficient to pay bills... Karim, 37 years old and a pending divorce, drives a passenger car. To pay his car, a black sedan where he sleeps, he gets a 25 000 euros debt to an unscrupulous man. His nightmares are full of worries and accidents. Today is the due date, his creditor claim his money, which Karim doesn't have. He has seven days to repay the loan.

Thomas, a frustrated reporter who works for a local newspaper in North of France, is assigned to write a portrait of alternative musician and recent mayoral candidate Usé. After the interview, the two men happen upon the inanimate body of a man lying in a desolate alley. To their surprise, the man – Jojo – rises before them like a zombie. He appears to be fine, but has lost his memory. Some clues lead them to Jojo’s little sister Marilou. Through a series of unexpected events, the newfound friends forge bonds and embark upon a surreal journey.

Vincent Verner is a former cop who was fired from the police force for refusing to turn a blind eye to an investigation involving a powerful man. A young prosecutor comes to get him to join a new group in charge of investigating "delicate" cases, those that no one dares to summon: men and women of power, politics, finance, the media, the star system, lobbies, consortiums, and the bosses of large companies. Verner, a maverick with an aversion to lying, will apply his own methods.

Жизнь богатой издательницы и ее мужа-романиста меняется с появлением в их загородном особняке загадочной молодой женщины.

When their father dies, Louise, Fabien, and Estelle feel helpless as they confront the task of taking care of their schizophrenic brother Jacques. For Louise, the experience will be life-changing.

An old Parisian bistro with eternal charm. Eight gentlemen at the table, eight great figures. They were the “kings of Paris”… National treasures, masterpieces in peril. A well-honed ritual ... A sense of humor and self-deprecation intact. Tenderness and cruelty. Eight old friends who hate and love each other. And suddenly an intruder ...

Муж не понимает жену? Конфликт с детьми? Хочется, чтобы тебя услышали и встали на твое место? Бойтесь своих желаний. В этой семейке все поменялись местами, включая бабушку.

Софи 28 лет. Она хотела бы стать художником, но не училась в художественной школе. Она хотела бы найти любовь, но ждет, когда та сама постучится в ее дверь. Софи меняет любовников и работу. Она живет по принципу: «Сноси удары судьбы, а если понадобится – бей первой». У нее в голове крутится песня Дэниела Джонстона о том, что настоящая любовь в конце концов придет.

Сюзи узнаёт, что смертельно больна. Времени осталось мало, и теперь наконец можно сделать то, что она давно хотела. Вместе с Джей Би, находящимся в состоянии полного выгорания и отсутствия интереса к жизни, и мистером Блином, наоборот, ослеплённым энтузиазмом, они отправятся в длинное и увлекательное путешествие. Их ждёт незабываемый и захватывающий квест, который будет невозможно забыть.

Одержимый тягой к интернет-покупкам Бертран пытается помочь дочери, страдающей от кибербуллинга. Мария противостоит шантажисту: он угрожает выложить секс-видео с её участием в интернет. Зависимая от сериалов Кристин теряет работу и становится таксистом, но её рейтинг упрямо отказывается расти. Их борьба с технологическим бизнесом оборачивается серией смешных и остроумных сцен, порой доходящих до абсурда, но понятных каждому, кто живёт в современном мире.

Charles’s solitude in a big city. Days come and go with no one to talk to. In a church, on a rainy day, he stumbles upon a stranger: A woman in despair after a funeral. Charles comforts her. He has just found himself a new activity: To bring comfort to people in mourning. He feels useful again. Another man’s sorrow is the key to his new existence.

«Правда» — под таким названием французская кинозвезда Фабьенн выпускает свои мемуары. С названием готова поспорить ее дочь-сценаристка, которая, приехав из Америки с мужем — актером сериалов и дочкой, не нашла в книге ни слова правды — по крайней мере, о себе. Однако диве Фабьенн не до пустяков — она готовится к новой роли, которая причудливым образом отзеркалит ее настоящую семью, где за остроумными колкостями таится любовь, а за ложью — нежность.

The house is at 9 bis, Old Landerneau Road, at the top of the Donegal. No, the owner won't be doing the viewings, because he is no longer there, but there is someone who knows the place very well.

In 2008, Sami Benboudaoud discovered the hell of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Ten years later, now that everything is for the best for Sami who brilliantly completes his studies of political science, nothing will go for his cousin Charles of Chazelle.

A wife finds out her husband has a mistress. She decides to propose her to share her life with her husband, alternating every two weeks.

Samuel is sensitive. Samuel is lonely. Samuel only lives for hardcore punk music and horror movies. Samuel suffers from being misunderstood. Samuel often recalls his ex-girlfriend, Eva. Samuel, in painful moments, also speaks to the Devil.

Ulysses, an idealistic, novice film director, invites Clothilde, his young and pretty neighbor, to accompany him to the Love Film Festival on Réunion Island, where his debut film has been selected. Unfortunately, the day before they're due to leave, Ulysses learns that his film has been removed from the program. Afraid of disappointing Clotilde, he hides the truth and flies with her to Réunion, determined to do everything in his power to get his film back in the official selection and, at the same time, win the favors of the young woman, who dreams of becoming an actress. But Ulysses must cope with internal rivalries and struggles behind the scenes if he wants love and cinema to triumph.

A man's hypochondriacal relationship with his mother.

An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to accommodate some poor fellow citizens. The decree called "Le Grand Partage" creates some trouble among the residents of a Paris upscale apartment block.

At a hospital in New York, Alex, a police officer, meets Leo, a boy who has the ability to get out of his body and pass through the walls like a ghost. Both team up with Mary, an intrepid journalist, to capture a disfigured villain who terrorizes the city.

Julien Schulmann is a comedian. He has just lost his father, a Polish Jew and extermination camp survivor. Before he died, his father left a "will" in which he requested that his other son, Pierre, who hasn't been heard from for two years, spread his ashes in Poland. His father's preference comes as a rude shock for Julien, and it opens a chasm inside him, slowly bringing to light an unspeakable secret.

Maybe the 1960s, maybe the future. Seven astronauts wake up in a spaceship, not knowing where they have come from nor where they are heading. As the ship operates by itself, they have ample time to meditate, rather scientifically, on matter, life and the universe.

Fred Bonnemaison, a driven and self-centered Parisian food writer has to return to his home town, Lyon, when his mother, a lively octogenarian, runs away to join a community of free-thinking widows.

The meeting of two lonely, marginal souls. There is Henri, a man in his 50s, limp, resigned, somewhat alcoholic. And Rosette, a (slightly) retarded woman who dreams of love, sexuality, normality

Milou is a football addict. His life is dedicated to his local team: Le Standard de Liège. Milou has no limit when it comes to his football club. But, when he meets Martine, he will soon find good reasons to start his football therapy..

Angélique is a nursery school teacher. She loves the children: other people's, of course, and those of her partner Damien, who is going through a divorce. It is then that she realizes that she has contracted a very rare allergy... to children!

Преуспевающий адвокат Антуан никогда не знал недостатка в женском внимании. Отправляясь по делам из Нью-Йорка в Париж, в самолете он оказывается в соседнем кресле с бывшей подругой Джули. Обреченные провести вместе семь долгих часов бывшие любовники успевают вспомнить былые обиды, все неприятности, доставленные друг другу, и понять, что их разрыв был ошибкой. Но успеют ли они эту ошибку исправить?

When their beloved Polish immigrant mother passes away, the sisters Emma (Kiberlain) and Rosemonde (Devos), and their brother, Charles (Berry), are obliged to deal with the personal and physical aftereffects, which include the cozy, old fashioned flat where she lived on the movie’s titular street (located in the heart of Paris’ chic 2nd arrondissement).

It is in a small popular district that the pot of the Eurogagnant, 124 million euros, is won - But who is the lucky winner?

Специалист по азиатской цивилизации Дамьен Уэр попал в неудобное положение: к нему обратились с просьбой, а он её не выполнил. А сказал, что выполнил. Так, с маленького происшествия, начинаются большие мытарства месье Уэра.

After having broken up with his girlfriend and left his job, Simon has come back to his small hometown in the countryside, where he meets up again with his old friend Julien. The two thirty-year-old, unemployed and idle men decide to reinvest in an old dream from their teenage years: hitting the road for an adventurous journey. They buy a huge motor-home, but the trip is delayed by various troubles, and they decide to start their journey right where they are. Through this first motionless stage of their trip, Simon and Julien are confronted with themselves and what they wanted to run away from.

One night Louise is being stalked and harassed by a lover who thinks she's the woman of his life.

Philippe is a singer and in the existence of a singer, there are times when everything accelerates especially when a crazy groupie, neglected parents, a lunar ornithologist and a tough childhood friend strive to complicate the life... How to get out ?

Двадцатишестилетняя Клоэ живет одна в Париже и работает в фармацевтическом магазине. Все её окружение — это назойливая соседка, мелочная сослуживица и люди, берущие и сдающие ДВД диски. Такая жизнь явно не предел мечтаний Клоэ. Американца Джека, которому около тридцати, перед самым полетом в Париж бросает подружка, и он в гордом одиночестве прибывает в столицу Франции. Клоэ случайно подбирает чемодан Джека, который достался ему от отца, и которым он очень дорожит. Девушка моментально влюбляется в его содержимое и, соответственно, в его хозяина. Клоэ никогда не видела Джека и ничего о нем не знает, но она убеждена, что это мужчина всей ее жизни, что они созданы друг для друга, и она сделает все, чтобы встретиться с ним.

The arrival in France of the first generation of Algerian immigrants. In the early sixties, Kader, soon joined by his wife Myriam, tries to build a new life on French soil. Like many other couples, they soon find themselves torn between the dream of returning to their homeland and that of prospering in a land that is not always welcoming.

Обычная школьная учительница находится на грани нервного срыва из-за постоянных угроз и издевательств своих учеников — детей из неблагополучных семей. Руководство бездействует, предпочитая игнорировать тревожные признаки назревающей трагедии. Во время очередного урока, в ходе потасовки с главарём школьной банды, она завладевает настоящим пистолетом. Раздаются выстрелы. Испуганные подростки оказываются в заложниках у собственной учительницы. Сложившуюся ситуацию уже никто не в состоянии контролировать. Снаружи — готовая к захвату опергруппа, внутри — притихшие, но озлобленные дети, вынужденные учить Мольера под дулом револьвера в руках одинокой и растерянной женщины. Трагическая развязка близка. Но пока ещё есть время, они вместе пробуют разобраться, откуда у этих ребят накопилось столько злобы и ненависти к окружающему миру.

A comedian kidnaps a singer and keeps him in his apartment.

State secrets, sincere convictions, ecstatic crowds, a regal lifestyle, prying journalists, suspicious disappearances: what goes on behind the scenes in the halls of power or the daily life of a President.

The city is quiet, it is night, a shadow hovers over the city. In Saint-Denis, it is the beginning of spring and everything is agitated around Aton. The young man's life is turned upside down by the arrival of his father, his university exams, and especially by the appearance of a mysterious young woman, Nina. The shadow is always there, it prowls around Aton's building: it has found its prey. This is the beginning of a journey through the night, of a magical quest, from which the young man will not emerge unscathed.

A bourgeois office drone whose raison d’état is the music of French rocker Johnny Hallyday awakens one day in an alternate universe where the famed musician never recorded a single song. When he’s not at the office dutifully plugging-away, Fabrice lives a deadly dull life.

A literary professor who suffers from writer's block decides to kidnap one of his female students in order to promote her brilliant essay that reminds him of his own work as his own.

За несколько дней до Рождества у путешествующего по стране певца Марка ломается фургончик. Причём, ломается ни где-нибудь, а в туманной, лесисто-болотистой местности. Возникший из ниоткуда некий странный тип проводит Марка до ближайшей захудалой ночлежки. Хозяин сдаёт Марку комнату на ночь и обещает помочь с починкой фургона. Кроме всего прочего, он наказывает ни при каких обстоятельствах не посещать близлежащую деревню.

Three disparate people meet in a bizarre skiing accident: an alcoholic doctor who has just been left by his wife, a beautiful but directionless woman, and the bumbling Algerian man who caused the accident. They become fond of each other, and of liquor.

An actress, who goes all over rural France with her monologe "Sex and Crime", meets and falls in love with a man, since that moment starts helping him in his plays.

Марк - один из трех братьев, чья мать умерла. 22-летний Марк постоянно зависает с местной бандой и более всех страдает после смерти матери. Старший брат - Кристоф - только что вышел из тюрьмы, он старается стать опорой для семьи. Оливер - третий брат - он еще тинэйджер, ему только 17. Он пытается примирить братьев и скрывает свой гомосексуальный роман со своим другом - арабом.

Молодая парижская семья живёт своей обычной жизнью: работа, дом, работа. Неожиданно у них появляется шанс купить дом у моря, очень дёшево. Соблазн велик, и несмотря на то, что владельцы дома - немного странные люди, сделка состоялась. Жена с детьми едут провести там спокойный семейный отпуск на свежем воздухе. Как бы не так! Они попадают в совершенно иной мир, где всё по-другому и где не место... одетым!

17-летняя Клэр узнаёт о своей беременности и решает оставить ребёнка. Дабы избежать кривотолков и слухов, она бросает работу в магазине и уходит из дома. Клэр случайно знакомится с мадам Меликян, вышивальщицей «От кутюр», и остаётся в её доме — помогая ей в работе. День за днём, стежок за стежком, дружба мадам Меликян и Клэр становится всё крепче.

Patrick Lechat learns that his father, the famous writer Jo Lechat, whom he never knew, has just died leaving a colossal fortune. "Good thing!" Patrick Lechat and his family are currently in a very bad situation.

Three siblings lose both their parents after a terrible accident, after which their lives are forever changed. Vincent, the middle child, has to assume a lot of responsibility, not the least of which is his younger sister Alice. He must also give up his architecture course in order to work for his uncle's construction firm. The two adjust, and their life goes pretty well before it is again turned upside down when their older brother Thomas, who had been in Brazil for a couple of years, returns and upsets the current order.

With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a matter of fact, Désiré gets his due punishment when Manu, his girlfriend, kicks him out of home. At a loss, he finds refuge with Alex, a young actor. He is soon joined by Eduardo, an Italian producer, dumped like him by his wife. While Désiré tries to rebuild himself, the three men decide to write a film script that will be the basis of a vehicle for Alex.

In the lead up to the presidential elections five candidates turn up from out of nowhere. Then, as the days go by, they are eliminated one by one, each meeting with a violent death, until one is left to become president.

After a car accident, Jean Mardet ends the agony of his wife with a rock. Mardet then keeps killing because he believes that God himself has entrusted a mission to him: kill the unfortunate souls.

Ils sont cinq tueurs. Francis, le chef, Louis le parano, Victor, l'accro aux series tele, M'sieur, fan de tamagochi et Marchand, dont la femme est la seule certitude. Elle le croit representant en chaussures. Jusqu'au jour ou elle decouvre la verite. Une discussion plus qu'orageuse suit, au cours de laquelle il lui balance un coup de poing d'une telle force qu'elle tombe dans le coma. Marchand est effondre. Il acquiert la conviction que, s'il se rachete, elle se reveillera. Il decide non seulement de raccrocher mais encore de sauver ses hypothetiques victimes.

In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her childhood love, but her new husband deserts her immediately after the ceremony. Undeterred, she sets out after him, traveling to Siena to bring him back.

The Soeur brothers would like to work in the film making business. They wrote a complex story that doesn't make any sense, and nobody wants to produce it. They're willing to do anything in order to make their film come to life.

Laurent's fate is to be a soccer superstar. But he happens to fall in love with a Fabienne, 40. He is only 18, and his career is about to fall apart...

Professor Choron recounts with his memories as a child of a barrier guard, the 2nd World War with its horrors and the trains he saw during those years leaving for Germany or coming from there, full of French or German soldiers, in conquest or in rout according to the period

Mlle Lara has trouble with men, so for her birthday she plans something special in pursuit of a wonderful love.

Twenty-four hours in the life of a young musician, Noël Akchoté, in his dealings with improvisation, technique, money, concerts, studios, guitars, history, independents, majors. Between fiction and documentary, between laughter and seriousness, a "jazz" portrait.

A former schoolteacher turned film distributor, Jean-Pierre Jackson made his directorial debut with this French comedy about two losers. When alimony payments catch up with Felix (Philippe Chevaillier), his furniture is seized. After a decade-long marriage, Raoul (Regis Laspales) leaves his wife. The two team for a job with Le Gai Vendangeur (The Jolly Vintner) as sales reps, but they score zero while tooling around Brittany in a silly station wagon decorated with an immense wine bottle atop the vehicle's roof. However, when they're joined by friendly, sexy Eliane (Cecile Bois), sales surge. The wine pours, and so does the money. Life is sweet, but it all turns sour when an affair begins between Felix and Eliane, much to Raoul's regret.

An unemployed man from the Antilles is implanted with a synthetic embryo by an unscrupulous professor -- and becomes pregnant.

24 hours in a man's life who became famous. He returns in his childhood's city after 30 years of absence

Два мелких мошенника — очаровательная Бетти и остроумный, импозантный Виктор — сумели провести крупных торговцев наркотиками. Без труда выбрав и соблазнив подходящую жертву, хорошенькая Бетти подсыпает ему в вино снотворное, потом «сладкая» парочка изымает большую часть денег в общий «семейный» котел. Но однажды в сети попадает симпатичный наркопосредник с чемоданом — сейфом, содержащим 50 млн… франков.

American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-Greek cabaret, and on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn-born Max suspects his girlfriend Sophia has been cheating on him. His French pal Jean and a young woman, Vita, step in with a scheme to get back at Sophia, a character who is never seen during the entire film. Included is a parody of the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter (1978).

American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-Greek cabaret, and on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn-born Max suspects his girlfriend Sophia has been cheating on him. His French pal Jean and a young woman, Vita, step in with a scheme to get back at Sophia, a character who is never seen during the entire film. Included is a parody of the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter (1978).

After fatally shooting a stalker, Parisian bar-maid Lea must live the life of the title reptile. At the time of the killing she was living with Francis, a much older American ex-con. After committing the murder, the fleeing and frightened Lea is saved by Paris paper boys Jean and Luc. Later she tells her sad story to hard-drinking Moskowitz, a middle-aged cop who secretly desires her. His unrequited love leads to tragedy. Meanwhile, Lea continues living with Francis, but also shacks up with Luc while trying to avoid the jealous cop.

The mid-life crisis of a middle-aged, depressive college professor/author provides the center of this French character study. Abel Vichac has really let himself go. Though a successful writer, and supposedly working on a book about 'regret,' he is barely functioning. He can't sleep at night. During the day he is easily distracted, irresponsible and moody. He also ignores his patient live-in lover Aliette who has stuck by him for 10 years. As he mopes through another day, he gets into several awkward occasions. One of his students, Florence tells him off in a café. A young woman, Catherine hears this and afterward introduces herself as a fan. Later he decides to find her address and visit her apartment. There Abel meets Catherine's roommate Aurore and the former's jealous boyfriend Bruno for a tense scene. He is returning home when Abel encounters his brother's former lover Olga and this creates more awkwardness.

A misanthropic Parisian street punk learns some difficult lessons after being captured for assaulting and robbing a man in this interesting French drama. This has not been the first time young Denis Lavant has been in trouble, and this time the judge sentences him to the Coral, an experimental open community founded in 1975 by Claude Sigala, in the wilderness of the Camargue. There he encounters a group of inmates just as neurotic and messed up as he is.

Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited baby is Tomasi, their best friend at that time, who died one month before due to an overdose. They remember their teenage, their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks... a description of the French youth in the middle of the seventies. Part of ARTE's series "The high school years".

Преуспевающий и очень занятой брокер из Парижа приезжает в дельту Амазонки, чтобы получить развод от жены, бросившей его много лет назад почти сразу же после свадьбы. Он с удивлением узнает, что она воспитала там, вдали от цивилизации, его сына, о существовании которого он и не подозревал. Отец берет дикого сынишку в Париж, где происходит масса забавных приключений, связанных с любовью, бизнесом и … русской мафией.

This French drama takes a gentle poke at the youthful ideologies of the post-hippy 70's. Fabio and Alain are teenagers with widely differing backgrounds and philosophies. Fabio is a rebellious Stalin quoting, left-winger from a lower middle-class family. He dreams of being a rock star even though he can't play a note. Alain, a soft-spoken boy from a middle-class family prefers to quote Plato. Alain is attracted to Fabio's enthusiastic talk on political activism. When the local press accuses them of terrorism after they toss a rock through a window they are initially delighted. Their delight is short-lived when they realize that may be blamed for some of the real terrorism the town has been experiencing.

1972 год, под Парижем. Жиль и его школьная подруга Кристин попытались украсть несколько пластинок из музыкального магазина, но Кристин была поймана охраной. После продолжительной беседы с инспектором полиции и попытки понять, что движет столь юной и симпатичной девушкой, её собираются отправить к отцу, с которым у Кристин не было ни малейшего желания находиться рядом. Их взаимоотношения были такими сложными, что доходило даже до рукоприкладства. До этого момента она жила вместе с матерью, состоящей в гражданском браке с молодым парнем, принимающим ставки на скачках. Отец Кристин одержим идеей положить её в клинику «Прекрасное солнце», где, как говорят, для лечения применяется электрошоковая терапия. Жиль также сталкивается с некоторыми проблемами: профессор литературы не выдерживает наплевательского отношения к своему предмету и просит директрису, чтобы та отстранила его от занятий до конца года, что автоматически ставит под сомнение возможность получения аттестата.

Martine is 25. Since breaking up with François, she has the feeling that the world is caving in on her. Between small jobs and one-night stands, she can't seem to get a fix on herself. In desperation, after a last quarrel with François, she unintentionally causes an accident that leads her to the emergency ward of a psychiatric hospital. During her brief stay, she unexpectedly sparks into life. She takes an interest in two young patients, Pierre and Anne, convinced that she is doing the right thing in supervising their love life...

Martine is 25. Since breaking up with François, she has the feeling that the world is caving in on her. Between small jobs and one-night stands, she can't seem to get a fix on herself. In desperation, after a last quarrel with François, she unintentionally causes an accident that leads her to the emergency ward of a psychiatric hospital. During her brief stay, she unexpectedly sparks into life. She takes an interest in two young patients, Pierre and Anne, convinced that she is doing the right thing in supervising their love life...

Lepetit, an ambitious and determined man, is named the new CEO of a department store. His mission is to improve the store's financial position. He decides that the human factor will be his catchword and introduces new methods, which he also applied to himself. But tensions slowly arise between members of the staff.

In this surreal comedy, Tonio works very hard for every bit of ill-gotten cash he can get his hands on, but he remains a poor criminal in both senses of the word. He and his buddies Bruno and Hercule think they have the solution to their pocketbook woes. The body of St. Bernadette has been miraculously preserved from decay and is a central object of pilgrimage in the shrine where it is kept. Why not steal that and hold it for ransom? The criminal gang is well able to pull this coup off and are soon in possession of one perfectly preserved corpse and a very fancy coffin. It's too bad for them that the church seems to have a limitless supply of these and doesn't want the one they stole back. Bemused, the lads set the coffin adrift on the river, only to be followed by it as they drive back upriver. In the course of carrying out their criminal designs, these lovable lugs encounter a variety of eccentric characters.

Simon and Dede are best friends: two aimless drunks who spend their days getting sloshed and any other available time getting laid. Simon is living on unemployment benefits in a trailer parked near his sister's apartment. Dede works at a fish-packing plant on the night shift. Neither man is sensitive, young, or good looking. However, their sang-froid (literally, "cold blood," referring to a quality of imperturbability) stands them in good stead as they go about their seedy lives, picking up one woman and having sex with her on the beach, or when Simon calmly has sex with a prostitute in front of the woman's brother. In the past, a bizarre necrophiliac situation led to Simon experiencing his only sense of what it might be to truly love someone.

Mona is the girlfriend of Pierre, who is a member of a rather pathetic rock band in France. Their hero is the singer "Johnny Valentine " who, seeing that Mona is being neglected, decides to make her his own.

Roger, a chip seller on a Cote d’Azur beach, divides his life between his wife, a painter with a flair for originality whose work is unrecognized, and his mistress Bébé, a beautician on vacation. But his encounter with a third woman, a picaresque singer with whom he falls madly in love, will be accompanied by numerous adventures.

In a routine look at what it means to finally leave adolescence behind — even in one’s mature years — this series of mood swings and sequences focuses on two grown men. Francois (Jean Francois Stevenin, the director) and Leo (Yves Alonso) are old friends, and at one point they decide to go out and search for one of their childhood buddies, the brunt of several of their practical jokes. In true form, the men opt for playing yet another practical joke on their friend, but their plans backfire when his wife Helene (Carole Bouquet) comes into the picture instead. Her presence forces them to reconsider their shenanigans in a new light.