Pour analyser le phénomène du Loft, soit une diffusion internationale dans 21 pays et deux millions de téléspectateurs, Jean-Jacques Beineix donne la parole aux intellectuels français (sociologue, sémiologue, psychanalyste, journaliste, écrivain...), aux politiciens, aux professionnels de la télévision, aux téléspectateurs. Le documentaire est construit par un croisement des différentes interventions en alternance avec des extraits du "loft", des extraits d'émissions où il est question du "loft", des articles de presse, des photographies, un extrait télévisuel de la manifestation anti-loft en mai 2001 au siège de M6, un extrait du film "Orphée" de Jean Cocteau et un extrait du film publicitaire "MMA le loft" réalisé par Patrice Leconte.

Young graffiti artist Tony and his friend Jockey jump-start an unexpected adventure on the streets of Grenoble, France, when they steal a car that's already occupied by an older man who's been sleeping in the back, Léon Marcel.

Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he loses his job, the young lovers journey across France finding odd jobs at several circuses. In Germany, they fall under the tutelage of ageing big cat trainer, Klint, and while they are closer to realising their dreams, they find that their success drivers them part.

A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.

Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...

A lackadaisical handyman and aspiring novelist tries to support his younger girlfriend as she slowly succumbs to madness.