La taverne du Poisson Couronné

Bir üst düzey yönetici, karısı ve ailesi, profesyonel seçimlerinin tüm hayatlarını altüst etmek üzere olduğu noktada. Philippe Lemesle ve karısı ayrılıyor, aşkları işin baskısıyla geri dönülemez bir şekilde zarar görüyor. Endüstriyel holdingde başarılı bir yönetici olan Philippe, patronlarının çelişkili taleplerine nasıl cevap vereceğini artık bilmiyor. Dün bir yönetici, bugün bir uygulayıcı istediler. Şimdi hayatının gerçekten ne anlama geldiğine karar vermelidir.

Sylvie lives with her two children whom she’s raising on her own. One evening, there’s an accident, and her youngest son is removed from her care. Sylvie must subsequently fight to get her son back and to keep herself afloat.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

Lesia, a teenager, is taken by a man to a villa where her fugitive father and his men are hiding. A war erupts, leading to death and a chase where father and daughter bond.

While Olivier, a 39 year-old foreman gives his job everything he’s got, Laura, his wife and the mother of their two children, abandons the family home, leaving Olivier alone to face his responsibilities. Lost and completely thrown, Olivier is going to have to come to terms with his new status as a single father raising his children alone. Because Laura’s not coming back.