A naive French reporter is sent to an African town to cover a sensational news story, unaware that it has been faked by an international news giant in the hopes of getting the US president re-elected for a third term.
Mercadet, a young man, and Morin, a forty-something, meet in a brothel in India. They team up to continue their journey together. Along the way, they will meet various people.
Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to push the English back. He proclames himself as the gouvernor of Saint-Domingue. To restore the economy he takes a bold descision. He calls for the workers to return to the plantages...
As part of an investigation into false invoices, Jacques Lechatelier, a company director, is held in custody at the Marseille financial brigade. Inspectors Charlier and Giraud convince the accused to talk: influence peddling, corruption, rigged public contracts are going to constitute the batch of...
These skyscrapers of stone dominated skylines for nearly a thousand years. Now, a team of scholars and builders investigates how they we went up, and why some of the tallest fell down. Embedded in stone and stained glass, they uncover a hidden mathematical code — ripped from pages of the Bible...
Patrice, blind since childhood, regains his sight on the day of the Notre-Dame fire. In the past, his father, a former worker and fervent Catholic, worked there. Because he doesn't dare believe it, Patrice returns to see his father, and around him the world he left behind all these years.
The love story of Pascal and Hélène who meet at Françoise's birthday party and the love story of Gérard, Pascal's confidant, and Françoise who invited Pascal and Hélène to her birthday party.
An assassin signs his crimes by cutting off the ears of his victims which he places between their teeth. In order to proceed with his arrest, an expert in criminology is contacted.
Ramses is a "life organs" smugler and a millionaire. He wishes to have the tower of Babel rebuilt and hires a detective to find the architect who disappeared with the original plans.
A young man in light clothing is arrested in the street by two police officers on patrol. He is not in his normal state. He claims that he has just escaped from a dangerous maniac and leads the police to the home of his alleged attacker.