A teenager discovers the first stirrings of love. Her daily life unfolds in a stairwell. It is there that she leaves her boyfriend before going home; it is also there that she meets her girlfriend. It is there that the powerful emotions of her young life play out.

A stolen cat narrowly escapes drowning. A rebellious teenager teaches a secret language to his sister, a little girl in all her states. Dimitri and a father who pushes for dreams but he is far from being a dream father. If Papageno had children, they would surely be like Leo and Alexandra. ....

Two ex-convicts, MG and Gilbert find refuge in a charming middle-class house whose couple is about to celebrate its 20-year old marriage. Our duo has no other solution than to take this entire brood in hostage. But, contrary to all expectations, they are warmly greeted by the occupants who don't think twice before helping them, they are even ready to put their guests off, even to kill them if necessary...

Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship which is troubled by an abbot who is obsessed with the younger of the students.

A schoolboy Nicholas always worries about something. When he goes on a school skiing trip, all his visions and nightmares take him over.

Lola, a young, energetic and cheerful student lives in Paris. She’s preparing to sit her law thesis, and works part-time at Chloroville, “Our green fingers look after your interior plants”. She has split up with Simon, a lawyer in his thirties who is always busy defending “the trial of his life”. Their stormy relationship held Lola back, and although they’ll love each other forever, it won’t be on an everyday basis.

Olivier, Rémi and Pascale are three friends who have known each other since childhood. As they approach middle age, they each experience something of a crisis in their lives. Olivier, a doctor before becoming wheelchair bound, faces a bleak future after the break up of two relationships. The fact that Rémi and his wife Estelle are unable to have children puts an increasing strain on their marriage. And Pascale, a filmmaker, is on the point of leaving her husband to pursue an affair with an opportunistic career politician.

By dint of inventing stories, a boy neglected by his mother comes to lead a double life.

Mira, disobeying her parents, stays home alone for the first time during school break… She thinks herself strong and self-reliant, but will be proved wrong when fear comes upon her. The moments passed with her only friend Mathieu stir up her confusion. Gradually, fear permeates everything. A shadow hunts her, a shadow feeding on her refusal to grow up and become a woman.