Elokuva tehtiin toisen maailmansodan aikana saksalaisten miehittäessä Ranskaa. Teoksen tapahtumapaikkana on näennäisesti pariisilainen teatteri 1830-luvulla, mutta siinä nähdään vertauskuvia elämästä saksalaisten miehittämässä Ranskassa. Se kertoo kauniista kurtisaanista Garancesta ja neljästä miehestä, jotka kukin rakastavat häntä omalla tavallaan: miimikko|miimikosta, näyttelijästä, rikollisesta ja aatelismiehestä.Kolmen tunnin mittaista eeposta on sanottu Ranskan vastaukseksi elokuvalle Tuulen viemää. Elokuva on äänestetty vuonna 1993 kaikkien aikojen parhaaksi ranskalaiseksi elokuvaksi elokuva-alan kokouksessa järjestetyssä äänestyksessä, ja vuonna 1995 Académie Européenne luokitteli sen yhdeksi kolmesta vuosisadan elokuvasta.Elokuvan käsikirjoitus oli Oscar-ehdokkaana 1947.
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly – with no life and no dog. With Rusty's help, Russ is able to reconcile the person he used to dream of being with the man he's actually become.
Ranska, 1766. Salaperäinen peto aiheuttaa pelkoa ja kuolemaa Gévaudin maakunnassa. Peto on jo kuukausien ajan hyökkäillyt naisten ja lasten kimppuun, mutta kukaan ei edes kykene kuvailemaan sitä. Chevalier de Fronsac, tunnettu biologi ja tutkimusmatkailija, saa kuninkaalta käskyn pysäyttää otuksen. Apuna de Fronsacilla on veriveljensä mohawk-intiaani Mani. Perillä Ranskan vuoristoisessa sydämessä kaksikko löytää ensin Pedon aiheuttamaa kauhua, mutta myös tietämättömyyttä, kiihkoilua ja taikauskoa.
Kriittinen ranskalaiskomedia mainosalan mies Octave Parangosta, joka kärsii reklaamiväen keskenkasvuisesta, huumehuuruisesta lifestylestä. Eräiden traagisten trippivaiheidensa jälkeen hän löytää vihdoin halun kasvaa ihmisenä. Miten hän voisi kaataa mainosmaailman valheellisuuden kulissit?
When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.
Enoch on menettänyt uskonsa elämään, kun taas kaunis Annabel rakastaa syvästi elämää ja luontoa. Kun nämä kaksi ulkopuolista tapaavat toisensa sattumalta hautajaisissa, he löytävät yllättäen tasapainon erikoisten maailmannäkemystensä välillä.
Yksityisetsivä Ryo Saeba – erinomainen tarkka-ampuja ja toivoton playboy – selvittää edesmenneen työparinsa kuolemaa, ja pian tämän sisko tunkee mukaan tutkimuksiin.
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer.
Newly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that his marriage has meant he's missed out on life. He persuades Thomas not to marry his daughter Lola and encourages him to drop everything else in his life as well. The two men then throw themselves into a new brats' life full of adventure, convinced that freedom is elsewhere. But at what cost do we rediscover our adolescent dreams?
1960. The thrilling battles waged by a band of kids from two rival villages in the southern French countryside.
Fatal... a diminutive for Fatal Bazooka, a bling-bling and hardcore rapper. A huge music star. Millions of fans, tens of hits, 4 « Artist of the year » Music Awards of Music, a range of fashion, a magazine, and soon his own amusement park : Fataland. He is the undisputed number one, until...
Josephine doesn't like her job and keeps on having relationships without a future. Her sister and parents keep pushing her to find a good husband. To shut them up, she creates a handsome Brazilian millionaire but her little white lie has a flip side - she loses everything to find the love of her life.
During the elimination of the Belgian/French border in the 90s, a Belgian customs officer is forced to team up with one of his French counterparts.
Three pairs of friends relationships go from good to bad and back again. Several couple fall out over girls, boys and work. Can all these couples settle their differences and be friends again?
An awkward adolescent boy and his angst-ridden friends try their best to fit in amongst a cast of varied characters.
A father enlists the help of an airport employee on a quest to find his daughter's teddy.