Zengin iş adamı Guillaume Ducat’ın eşi Evelyne Ducat kar fırtınalı bir gecede ortadan kaybolur. Arabası yol kenarında terk edilmiş halde bulunan Evelyne’nin nerede olduğuna dair bu araçtan başka ipucu yoktur ve yoğun kar ve rüzgar altında polisler aracın etrafını tamamen arasa da, ne yeni bir ipucu ne de Evelyne’nin cesedine ulaşılamaz. Polis memuru Vigier kasaba halkından Michel Farange ve Alice Farange’yi dostane bir şekilde sorgular ama onlardan da yeni bir şey öğrenemez fakat Alice ve Michel’ın birbirlerinden bir şeyler sakladıkları barizdir. Michel eve dayak yemiş bir şekilde gelince, Alice, müşterisi olan çiftçi Joseph ile arasında bir şeyler olduğunu öğrenen Michel’in, Joseph ile kavga ettiğini düşünür fakat olanlar çok daha farklıdır.
On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.
Aissa, a young officer of Algerian origin, tragically loses his life during a fresher initiation ritual at the prestigious French military academy of Saint-Cyr. As the death tears through his family, controversy arises over Aissa’s funeral plans when the Army refuses to take responsibility. Ismael, his older, rebellious brother, tries to keep the family united as they fight to win justice for Aissa.
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to retire.