Philippe Cotten

At the end of 1918 while civil war is raging on in Russia, antagonism is slowly spreading to the East, between the Oral mountains and Shanghai. Stuck between a desire to save what's left of the great Imperial Russia, and starting from a clean slate, old generals, secret organizations, and mercenaries attracted by gold, struggle to take advantage of the events. As Corto Maltese returns to Shanghai, he barely gets time to cross paths with his old friend/nemesis Rasputin, and escape a murder attempt before being contacted by members of a Chinese secret organization called "The Red Lanterns". In the heart of violent Manchurian horizons, Corto and Rasputin launch themselves into a fabulous treasure hunt, following the tracks of the mysterious armor-plated train of Kolchak. A steel monster spiked with canons and machine guns, this trains protects the counter-revolutionaries gold...

Two architects and best friends have a difficult time sharing an office and their troubled private lives.

A chubby forty-ish florist is dumped for a gorgeous young woman. She decides to lose weight and to ruin her rival's life in order to win her handsome lover back.

Following the death of his twin sister, Gaspard, a young music teacher, brings together his five former best friends in their deserted childhood school, in the middle of July.

Lucien, a young actor in his twenties, lives his last day of filming in the heat of summer. It's his first experience on a movie set, and when Adèle, who he co-stars with in the film, offers to kiss him during a scene, confusion overwhelms him. How not to get lost between fiction and reality?