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Alexandre, a young and honest farmer under the yoke of an authoritarian wife, works around the clock in the fields. When she dies in a car accident, it's a holiday for Alexandre.

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where she is being treated, Claire is attracted to Philippe, a man who is still traumatized after a car accident in which his wife and child were both killed. In spite of their personal tragedies, Claire and Philippe fall in love. When Philippe recovers, Claire moves into his home. Then Claire's condition takes a turn for the worse...

The director's cut (restored version) opens and closes with theatrical curtains in homage to Georges Méliès films, and is divided into four parts, separated by title cards: I - L'insomnie [a man can't sleep, and reads about vampires until sunrise, when his wife finally wakes up and reveals her true nature]; II - Le cinématographe [unlike 1895, employees leaving the factory, or the office, are a much eventful thing, and finding a sit in a crowded cinema is quite a task]; III - Tant qu'on a la santé [in modern times, everyone suffers of stress, and the psychiatrist most of all other people]; IV - Nous n'irons plus au bois [a week-end hunter, a couple out for a pic-nic, and a farmer setting a wire fence find that a large wood is not large enough to accommodate them all].

Georges is an eternal romantic. He combines jobs like female conquests. One day, Sophie rings at his door for an opinion poll.

We are in a little village of Lorraine in the thirties: a couple of teachers is working in the public school.They have a son called Pierre.The dream of the father has been to have a car.With their savings the family bought a Peugeot 301,the father is a little shy, but his brother, will encourage him to learn to drive.The grandfather of the family died and the day of burial the car remained trapped in mud.

A middle aged construction boss,recently married, has the whole balance of his life disrupted when his father dies. As he contemplates things, he seems to be losing his reason and may soon do something desperate.

Frank and Bernard share the same apartment .Frank is a womanizer ,but his friend is shy and asks for his help to find a wife.

Alex Berthier would love to be a famous songwriter. Meanwhile, he has to cope with unemployment, a witty 12 years old son and a rich and cute heiress who tries to help Alex as much as he tries to escape her: she brings nothing but trouble ! Fortunately, luck will strike again...