Actor: Gerard Depardieu

Paris, 1953. The famous Maigret investigates the death of a young girl. Nothing to identify the body, nobody seems to have known her, or even seen her. During his inquiry Maigret encounters Betty, a young offender. She remins him of the dead girl and of an older and far more intimate passing.

North of France, Sainte-Gudule, 1977. Suzanne is the submissive, housebound wife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol, who oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and ‘trophy housewife’.When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. To everyone’s surprise, she proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action.But when Robert returns from a restful cruise in top form, things get complicated.

Alain and Gisèle have a perfect life in Paris: a successful job, a nice home, a membership to a posh country-club… until their only son gets married. Now what? Grow old together? Gisèle decides they should move to Israel, where Alain could explore his Jewish roots, to rekindle their love. But when they buy a non-existent apartment to a crook estate agent, when Alain’s new job disappears, when Gisèle falls for a dashing and modern rabbi, their couple is tested. Should they stay or should they go?

A handsome Parisian journalist named Gilles is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and bored with his current girlfriend. He escapes to his sister’s country home in rural Limoges, where he meets an equally bored (and married) woman. They start off a passionate affair, hoping to to find a few hours of sunlight… Based on a Francoise Sagan novel, the film follows the slowly changing the mood as the couple settles down in Paris.