Summer 79, holidays, Ocean. Jean, about 10 years old, realizes that his mother and father don't love each other anymore. Suddenly, the family is confronted with death. Jean discovers the ambivalence of life, its violence, human weakness, something like the end of childhood...
Aïssa is a Congolese immigrant in France. She says that she is under eighteen but the authorities consider her an adult. To determine if she can be deported, a doctor must give her a physical examination.
A parked car in a housing estate. Inside the car: Ariane and her thirteen-year-old son Thomas. They seem to be on the lookout for someone. When a woman appears in the street, Ariane freezes: will she manage to talk to her?
Lili and Simon are in love. They don't live together but are loving it. And then, here comes Abel, the fruit of their love. And then, the mishaps of life which, someday, will call their way of life into question.
Louise, in her thirties, is a green spaces officer who oversees a forest at the edge of town. Her work: to do outreach, stop young people from riding their motorbikes in the woods, and families from having barbecues. A group of Roma chased out of a nearby town have set up camp in the forest. Louise and her colleagues get about on horseback. The presence of an animal keeps things calm and facilitates contact.
Benedict missed Mother's funeral. He was stuck in the Eurostar. In the offbeat as always, and a little pitiful, he joined the family home to find his brother, his two sisters - and in a merry bazaar, many memories. There, in the remnants of his childhood, in the intimacy of his room, he sees her - She is waiting for him. And she will not let go.
Today, Julie is strong, She is independent. She can go back home. Her family is waiting for her, they love her : her mother, her brother, her sister... and her father.
In a suburb of Paris, Kenza, an introverted and secretive teenager, takes part in the rap workshop of Oréade, a young lesbian rapper whom she admires and whose friends make fun of her. Blocked by her shyness, she gradually reveals her talent as a rapper and awakens her desires through contact with Oréade.
The year is 2050. Doctors have been replaced by a machine called Sherlock, a kind of super-scanner that not only diagnoses but also heals depending on the patients' means. Doctors have now become financial advisers who sell health insurance and solutions that are more or less drastic.
The playground of a secondary school, nowadays. Théo, 13, witnesses and films the ha- rassment of his friend, Alexandre. When he realises the next morning that Alexandre will not be coming back to school, Théo hesitates. Should he denounce Lewis and look like a snitch in front of the whole school, or turn his back on his friend?
Sofija and Miroslav are two immigrants who live in France without papers with their two sons. To avoid being evicted, the State proposes them a grant if they go back to their country of orgine, the one from which fled.
A Berlinale award nominated short feature.
In an employment office undergoing restructuring, Hélène, the deputy director, receives an alarming e-mail from a desperate unemployed woman. The woman threatens to kill herself on the premises of the agency. With the help of her team, Hélène tries to untangle the internal dysfunctions at the origin of the case in order to prevent the irreparable. Time is running out.
Cecilia and Alicia play together and share their dolls and secrets. One day Cecilia gets to know that Alicia gets paid to play with her and that she is going to move to the city to work as a maid.
Three Turkish workers traverse Iraq in a jeep heading to an American military base construction only to find themselves confronting adolescent Iraqi soldiers in a checkpoint.
Like every evening, ten-year-old Gaëlle takes care of her little brother Kylian, while their father, Tony, works the night shift. All three of them are surviving in this fragile balance when the social services come knocking at their door.
The day she turns twenty-five, Sophie goes for a meal in a restaurant with her father. He is worried about his daughter’s future. As a good business manager, he decides to manage her life. He begins by wanting to relocate her.
