In a dull, desolate town, Joy is an orphan who lives her faith with intensity and almost never leaves her church. Until the day she meets Andriy, a young man who gets beaten up in front of her. Soon, she becomes convinced their paths were meant to cross.
In the mid-18th century, the Beast is hunted around the Château de Saint-Alban. In the mid-20th century, a new kind of psychiatry is invented there. Theatre and madness span the centuries.
At thirty-three, Jésus is the world champion of an unusual sport: cup-and-ball. As he prepares to defend another title, with victory seeming inevitable, he is suddenly struck by uncontrollable tremors. Faced with these symptoms, Jésus must find a solution to live up to his reputation.
In northern France, where cockfighting is still allowed, Anaïs, 18, finds herself facing a mountain of debt following the death of her father, a former cockfighting breeder.
Alex is fifteen years old. Back from boarding school for the weekend, he reconnects with his little country village and his family, a family which seems to care more for its dogs than for Alex. This of course annoys him. He's better off without them. He's better off down at the cross-country...
When a wolf kills sheep herds and motivates huge nocturnal hunts, Antoine returns with his girlfriend Diane in the mining town where he grew up. In order to facilitate the reconversion of the mine, he must expropriate Isère, his recalcitrant childhood friend.
Nina, young waitress, works at a Bar Tobacco Shop in a suburb in the outskirts of Paris. Her boss, Georges, refuses to pay her and has no consideration for her or, if he has, it’s not good. But Nina intends to reclaim her wages.
After an accident in the French countryside, Helene, a city dweller, is facing events that are beyond understanding. She becomes “the doe” in order to survive.
Although very self-confident, Marie-Pierre suffers from chronic, unwarranted jealousy. It has been months since she has been able to sexually satisfy her husband, Jean-Louis. He may seem docile, but she is convinced that he will end up cheating on her.
