Belleville. A working-class Parisian neighborhood. Nadia teaches french to Chinese prostitutes in an association. Committed to her work, she gets close to one of her students, Mei, who is saving money to make his son travel to France.
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.
Cephede hemşirelik yapan ve sefil bir hayat süren Neile, bir gün gözlerinin önünde öldüğünü sandığı soylu bir kadın olan Rose’un kimliğini alır ve onun yerine Madame Rose’un okuyucusu olarak bir malikanede işe başlar. Zamanla onun işe alınmasını sağlayan Eléonore’un yeğeni ondan şüphelenmeye başlayınca bu işi kaybetmemek için elinden geleni yapar. Neile’nin söylediği yalanlar beklentilerinin ötesine geçer.
Garsonluk yapan Parisli genç bir kadının hayatının tek gününden bir kesit. Dört yıldızlı bir otelde işe başlayan Valérie, aynı gün, sevgilisine hamile olduğunu açıklar.
A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.
Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world that is increasingly more complex and hostile.
Clémence, the fearless mayor of a town near Paris, is completing the final term of her political career. With her faithful right-hand man Yazid, she has long fought for this town plagued by inequality, unemployment and slumlords. However, when Clémence is approached to become Minister, her ambition arises, questioning her devotion and commitment to her citizens. Will her political integrity and election promises survive her newly found ambition?