1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.

The life of two men changed unexpectedly when Ajith, an Indian sailor who was robbed and lost everything, appears out of nowhere in front of Pierre, a single and grumpy Frenchman.

Unable to meet all the demands of his job and family anymore, Mathieu feels he's in a mid-life crisis and hurriedly leaves for the forest. His relatives are left by themselves, faced with his sudden departure and their choices.

After her parents' death, a young woman moves in with her unsophisticated country relatives with unfortunate results.

All day, Gül vacuums, scrapes and cleans. Always at the service of others, her life drifts by without joy. By accident, Gül catches a glimpse of the solitude of her own soul, as well as her dismay.

Roger is in trouble, but he will bounce back. All he had to do was obtain a modest loan from Monsieur Durieu, a banker's son. But Durieu refuses him his money. Humiliated, Roger decides to take action: he kidnaps Durieu and handcuffs him in an abandoned barn. Monsieur Durieu then offers him a deal: break into the safe room of the bank of his sworn enemy. The two men fraternize around their new common cause, the one that could finally make them Great Lords.

Forty year old Jo is talented a property broker, but a complete catastrophe as a family man, father and husband, and with a neighbor he can't stand. one day he does something he never should have done.