Dominique Pinon talks to the camera describing his likes and dislikes, ranging from the simple such as "I hate men with a beard but no moustache" to the more touching, "I like to think that after death can't be worse than before birth." Each of his examples is accompanied by a visual demonstration.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet reused this technique in his 2001 flim Amélie when introducing the characters.

乐观的大学生莉娜·雅克比申请加入一项帮助边缘人群的社工项目，担任写作辅导员。她没想到，自己将步入雨果·德罗瓦克先生那虚无孤独的世界。出乎意料的是，德罗瓦克展现出惊人的写作才华。他的文字令人着迷，却也唤醒了他深藏的黑暗回忆。过去的恶魔卷土重来，几乎将他吞噬。莉娜奋力将他从崩溃边缘拉回，也努力守护心中的善意信念。

A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.

2008 film by Marc Caro

The plot is set in a post apocalyptic Junkyard where people take refuge from authority and are able to practice their fantasies and fetishes without being stopped by the police. These people are led by Emanou who is a sort of Messiah, who promises music rather than salvation.

Through the experiences of two women in Paris and London, Ghost Dance offers an analysis of the complexity of our conceptions of ghosts, memory and the past. The film focuses on the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, who observes, 'I think cinema, when it's not boring, is the art of letting ghosts come back.' He also says that 'memory is the past that has never had the form of the present.'

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.

Beyond the front door of an old, decrepit house is buried a horrible and tragic past. One horryfing and gory night a family of four is brutally hacked to pieces. The only survivor is the young and beautiful housekeeper, Ella. When she steps out of the house one day, she has no idea that she is about to be snatched by failed bank-robber Jason Goodis. Goodis, however, could not have imagined that the innocent hostage he is dragging back inside, has an unquenchable thirst for blood!