Adhémar Lampiot

Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wife and four grown up deadbeat kids, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers an unattractive, bad-mannered dog in his garden, he decides to adopt him and both start developing an unexpected friendship that inevitably upsets Henri’s family and neighbors.

Vincent, a wealthy real estate agent, is invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband Peter, both professors in Paris. Claude, a childhood friend and trombonist in a symphony orchestra, is also present. Vincent brings news from the prenatal examination of his and his wife Anna's unborn son. The name chosen by the soon-to-be parents strongly offends the others for many reasons. The dispute between the guests quickly escalates and before long the resurgence of old grudges and hidden secrets is unavoidable...

เด็กมัธยมปลายสองคนร่วมมือกันพยายามโค่นล้มคณะกรรมการโรงเรียนในท้องถิ่น พวกเขาก้าวเข้าสู่โลกการเมืองที่เต็มไปด้วยอันตรายโดยได้รับคำแนะนำจากครอบครัว และในระหว่างนั้นก็ได้เรียนรู้สิ่งหนึ่งหรือสองสิ่งเกี่ยวกับความรัก

อลิซ วัย 38 ปี มีทุกสิ่งทุกอย่างที่จะเป็นบรรณาธิการบริหารคนต่อไปของนิตยสาร Rebelle ยกเว้นภาพลักษณ์ที่เคร่งขรึมของเธอ แต่เมื่อบัลทาซาร์ สาวน้อยผู้มีเสน่ห์วัยเพียง 20 ปี เข้ามาขวางทางของอลิซ เธอจึงรู้ว่าเขาคือกุญแจสำคัญในการเลื่อนตำแหน่งของเธอ

Long married 50-somethings Brigitte and Xavier are prize cattle breeders in regional France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux, as she finds herself locked into routine. She keeps hoping for something else, something more. A party held by students on the adjoining property accelerates this latent crisis and Brigitte impulsively sets off for Paris under the guise of a doctor’s appointment. The city immediately invigorates her, and when she meets a charming Danish gentleman, she impulsively allows herself to be flattered by his attentions…

Vincent Machot knows his life by heart. He shares it between his hair dressing salon, his cousin, his cat, and his too-invasive mother. But life sometimes holds surprises, even for the most prudent of people... He crosses paths with Rosalie Blum by accident. She is a mysterious and solitary woman whom he is sure he has already met. But where? Intrigued, he decides to follow her everywhere, in the hope of knowing more about her.

François Marsault, a war veteran, makes the most of his retirement alongside his wife Annie. Authoritarian and ruthless, François rules his family with an iron fist — but when he discovers that his esteemed wife cheated on him 40 years ago, he files for divorce and confronts her former lover, who lives in the French Riviera.

The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters.

Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man.

Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.