Bernard Bolzinger

Marseille, July 1905. Nearly a teenager, Marcel Pagnol embarks in his last summer vacation before high school and returns, at last, to his beloved hills in Provence. What begins as a summer of boyhood adventures becomes one of the first loves, and unearthed secrets.

Eddie, Dov, Yvan and the others ... Our warm friends have migrated from the moribund Sentier to the flourishing suburb of Aubervilliers ... Where the old Jewish entrepreneurs left the ground to young courageous and dynamic Chinese wholesalers ... The little band is as close to each other as in previous episodes, and life goes on at the mercy of small family events and business. Dov still seems frivolous, enterprising Eddie, chilled Yvan, casual Karine, resolute Sandra, naive Chochana, irresponsible Serge and mythomaniac. As for Patrick, he is in love and the happy elected is far from easy to access. Everything would be fine until a bad wind brings its share of adversity seriously compromising the cohesion of the group. Will they succumb under the storm to the turmoil, or, once again, by mutual aid, cunning and skill, will they triumph over the crisis with panache?

A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. In fact the marriage is on the brink of a divorce and a judge is deciding who will take the two children. Can Hélène take them to Germany or will they stay with Vincent? Vincent has a lot on his mind and he improvises when model Sofia Kippiani comes to his studio, but his makeup crew doesn't show up. Before he knows it, he is accused of a rape. Things go worse and worse for Vincent, he sees his entire life slipping away and, most importantly, he might lose his children. But why does his former schoolmate Joseph Plender seek contact with Vincent and even solve a nasty problem for him? Does Plender want something more than money?

Eddie, Dov, and Yvan are back, still working in Paris' Sentier textile district, This time they're confronting the high-stakes world of large distribution after striking a deal with Eurodiscount, a European hypermarket chain.

Edouard Vuibert, Eddie, işsiz, ailesiz ve evsiz bir adamdır. Bir gün, bir kavganın ardından, Eddie’nin hayatı değişir. Sentier bölgesinin başarılı girişimcisi Victor Benzakem, olaya müdahale eder, saldırganlarını kovar ve onu bir Yahudi olduğunu düşünerek, ona depo işçiliği teklif eder. Eddie, kökeniyle ilgili yanlış anlamayı sürdürmeye karar verir. Victor’da çalışan genç bir satıcı olan Dov tarafından tanıtılan Eddie, sıcak bir ortam, renkli bir arkadaş grubu keşfeder: Serge Benamou, Rafy Stylmod, Yvan ve özellikle patronunun kızı Sandra, ki Eddie ona hemen aşık olur. Ancak, Sentier hayatı zorluklarla doludur ve başarıya giden yol, beklediğinden çok daha zorlu olacaktır...

1958’de geçen hikâye, hapishaneden yeni kaçmış meşhur gangster Gu’yu takip ediyor. Bütün Fransız polis teşkilâtı adamın peşindedir. Sevdiği kadın Manouche’la beraber ülkeyi terk etmeden önce para bulmak için son bir iş yapması gerekmektedir. Başarılı da olur, fakat polislerin çevirdikleri dolap sonucunda kendi suç ortakları onu bir hain gibi görüyorlardır. Gu, bundan sonra şerefini temizlemek için ne gerekiyorsa yapacaktır...

Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.

Ten years after their Upper Sixth, Bruno, Momo, Leon and Alain meet together in the waiting room of a maternity hospital. The father of the awaited baby is Tomasi, their best friend at that time, who died one month before due to an overdose. They remember their teenage, their laughs, their dreams, their stupid pranks... a description of the French youth in the middle of the seventies.

When he finds out that his wife is cheating, Antoine walks out on his family. His one regret is that he can only see his children every other Sunday.