Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony.

A retelling in two parts, from 1977 to 1986, of the education and the rise to power of a group of young graduates of the prestigious ENA school.

Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Savin and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Savin and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.

Six characters cross paths in Paris and Lisbon.

Auguste Maroilleur, an elderly farmer, exploits 400 hectares of crop land with the help of his family, over which he rules with an iron hand. Things go awry the day he discovers one of his grandsons is involved in drug traffic. To make matters worse, the reckless youth has hidden the white powder in the Maroilleur farm. Without a moment's hesitation, Auguste gets rid of the toxic substance but, of course, the mob has different views...

Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an umbrella salesman, leads a quiet life between his work, his family and his passion for painting. During his many business trips, Henri indulges in a few amorous escapades, which provide a welcome change from the tiresome daily routine his bigoted wife locks him into. One fine day, Henri decides to drop everything and live on love and fresh water. He ends up in Pont-Aven, where he meets Émile, a local painter imitating Gauguin, with whom he shares his drinking and other feminine attractions..

August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.

Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.

An American writer living in exile in London, Philip listens to women. His English mistress, who visits him regularly in the studio that serves as their refuge. A student he loved in another life. A former lover confined to a hospital in New York.

Den lille pojken Antoine blir förälskad i den lokala hårfrisörskan och försöker bli klippt så ofta det går. Som vuxen träffar Antoine hårfrisörskan Mathilde och det blir kärlek vid första ögonkastet. De båda inleder en märklig relation.

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.

På lov och helger tar familjen varje tillfälle att återvända till Provence. Marcel återser sin vän Lili, men överger honom för sin första kärlek. Besöken på lantstället innebär en lång vandring till och från huset varje gång. När familjen får tillgång till en förbjuden genväg över slottsägarnas marker, förkortas den långa promenaden avsevärt. Men det gäller att passera obemärkta.

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.

In 1993, Max was 13 when he was offered his first camera. For 25 years he will not stop filming. The bunch of friends, the loves, the successes, the failures. From the 90s to the 2010s, it is the portrait of a whole generation that is emerging through its objective.

När fadern ryckts ifrån dem flyttar Rocco med sin mor och sina bröder från den syditalienska misären till industristaden Milano för att börja ett nytt liv. Starka familjeband håller dem samman genom många svåra prövningar. Men broderskärleken sätts på prov, när hetsporren Simone och den betydligt känsligare Rocco båda förälskar sig i gatflickan Nadia - en bitter rivalitet som kulminerar i mord.

Sex brittiska soldater deltar i en militärövning i den skotska ödemarken. Snart visar det sig att de inte är ensamma – området kryllar av varulvar. Och fullmånen börjar sakta att stiga över den mörka natthimlen…

Ungdomsvännerna Nishi och Horibe arbetar sedan länge tillsammans inom Tokyos poliskår. Vännerna byter pass så att Nishi skall kunna besöka sin hustru som är svårt sjuk. Då blir Horibe brutalt nedskjuten och hamnar i rullstol. Nishi får skuldkänslor och vill till varje pris få fram pengar för att underlätta livet för Horibe.